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Group shot
This is another photo from Henry Jablonski, who it turns out was a manager at both Eastern Parkway and King's Highway. The captions indicate that the woman sitting in the left corner is "Mrs....
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New York Governor at Dubrow's
A little more information about Henry Jablonski. I am going to schedule a phone call in the coming weeks, but for now here's what I know: Mr. Jablonski was born on October 4, 1922. He worked at the...
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Dubrow's cleaning crew
Another photo from Henry Jablonski: This one is from the Eastern Parkway Dubrow's cleaning crew in 1950. Dotty Jablonski notes that Dubrow's was closed on the day of the photo because it was a Jewish...
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Dubrow's at L.A. MoCA
I visited the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles today and guess what I stumbled upon?This photograph was taken by Garry Winogrand, who was born in 1928 in New York and died in Tijuana, Mexico...
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Interview with Henry Jablonski, Part 1
I did a phone interview with Mr. Jablonski on March , 2010. I am almost done transcribing it, but I thought I would go ahead and start posting it, probably over the course of three or four posts.Eve:...
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Interview with Henry Jablonski, Part 2
Here's some more of the interview I did with Henry Jablonski. This picks up where Part 1 leaves off. Eve: So how did you come to work at Dubrow’s? you said you started off in high school? Henry: Oh,...
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Interview with Henry Jablonski, Part 3
This is the third and final installment of the interview I conducted with former employee Henry Jablonski. Parts one at two can be found in the two previous posts.Eve: So in terms of the people and...
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Dubrow's cleaning crew
Here's the picture of the 1940 cleaning crew which Henry Jablonski refers to in the interview I conducted with him. He says that he is in this picture with his father - he started his career at...
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Dubrow's newspaper clipping
Well, Henry Jablonski and his family have really come through! As promised, his children came home to visit for Easter and helped Mr. Jablonski and his wife upload 32 pictures and articles about...
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The Last Cafeteria
From New York Magazine, October 16 1983: "They were places to kibitz and nosh and argue the fate of the world. And now they're almost gone..."
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Simon Botwinik's Death
In this post and also in this one, my great aunt Ruthie and first cousin once removed Joe Adler offer oral history about Simon Botwinik, i.e "Simon untha nose." Now, Hank Jablonski has sent me the...
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Irwin Dubrow's obituaries
oAnother news clipping sent by Henry Jablonski and his family. Of note: The Cafeteria Employees Union, Karen Horney Clinic, and the Board of Trustees for Camp Madison all send their condolences.
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Matzo Ball is Over
This article, sent by Henry and Dorothy Jablonski, is dated by hand "8-3-85." In tiny print under each of the photos it says "Bill Stahl Jr Daily News", which tells us what publication this article is...
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Photo of Paul Tobin
This is a pretty decent photo of Paul Tobin, who along with my grandfather Irving Kaplan managed the Manhattan Dubrow's for many years. He is the son of Max and Minnie Tobin; Minnie was one of Benjamin...
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Dubrow's was the site of the movie Boardwalk
Henry and Dorothy Jablonski's daughter, Elaine, sent me a TON of photos taken from when the 1979 movie Boardwalk was filmed there. It featured the actor Lee Strasberg playing an employee of the...
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Benjamin Dubrow's Passenger Manifest
Man, it has been a long time since I posted anything around here. I'm sorry about that. I've still got stuff to share just sitting on my hard drive. Today, my mother sent me something she retrieved for...
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Photo from the nephew of a former employee
This photo comes from reader Richard Hackett, who writes "I have attached a photo of a tray that has been in my family for as long as I can remember. As you can see I still use it.It was given to us...
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Story about Benjamin Dubrow
This one comes from my mom, Bonnie Lyons, from our recent visit to Miami for Passover. Apparently, Benjamin Dubrow was famous for being evasive about his age, and would never tell people when he was...
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Tracking Nathan Rappel
I got an email in recent weeks from Aileen Bordman, who writes: "my Grandfather Nathan Rappel worked at Dubrow's on Kings Highway for a zillion years of course that was a zillion years ago..I heard...
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Eastern Parkway Dubrows, 1945
Reader Brian Merlis sent me this photo of Dubrow's on Eastern Parkway, circa about 1945. What a great find!
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