Ronald
Ronald asked Kim van Alkemade:

My dad Martin Weiss left the orphanage in Tuckahoe on his bar mitzvah. His father had died when he was 6 and his older siblings refused to go with my grandmother, a zionist to Palestine, but in fact she traveled the south a religious zealot until committed and died in 1941 with the kids thinking she had gone to Palestine. I have a picture of my dad's basketball team. Where can I find old pictures? thank you.

Kim van Alkemade Hi Ronald, Wow, what an amazing family story you have. I found pictures in the archives at the Center for Jewish History in New York because they had the materials from the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Your first step is to find out what archive has materials from the orphanage where your dad grew up, then to get in touch with the archivists there. Good luck on your search!

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