ViewMate - Image Archive, Image 115162 - Translation - Hebrew - Russia - Tomsk - Baronsky - c. 1900


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ViewMate Posting VM 115162

Submitted by Kenneth Jay Baronsky

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Category: Translation - Hebrew Approval Date: 8/23/2026 5:17 PM Family Surname: Baronsky Country: Russia Town: Tomsk Date of Image: c. 1900	Click the picture to enlarge	This is the back of a portrait photo from a portrait studio on Tomsk, Russia, probably around the turn of the 20th century. I am seeking a complete, verbatim reading and translation the handwritten Hebrew text on the page. I will also be posting a separate follow-up ViewMate request showing the image on the front side of the photo. Baronsky Family Archive

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8/25/2026 7:57 AM	I have given my picture to my sister, Freida Baronsky, Tuesday 22 Tammuz in the year [5]671, village of Beratil, Moshe Rappaport.
8/25/2026 9:59 AM	Sorry, that should be 'village of Begatil'.

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