Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue interior (5)

1996

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Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue interior (5)
  • Title
  • Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue interior (5)
  • Creator
  • Congregation B'nai Israel
  • Identifier
  • 20130531-hpichswp-0095
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP470_B001_F001_I06
  • Description
  • View of the nine stained glass windows and the ceiling panels that were installed as part of a 1964 renovation of B'nai Israel synagogue. Designed by Jean-Jacques Duval, the windows highlight contributions of Judaism to western civilization. The fiberglass ceiling panels feature, in artificial gold leaf, the Persian-style tree of life design of the original canvas panels.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Hornbostel, Henry, 1867-1961
    Congregation B'nai Israel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Synagogue--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Interior architecture
    Synagogues--Interior architecture
    East Liberty (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Congregation B'nai Israel Photographs, c. 1920-1992, MSP 470, Rauh Jewish Archives, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Congregation B'nai Israel Photographs
  • Rights Information
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