In Winnebago, Wisconsin, a Jewish family comprising Molly and Ferdinand Brandeis and their two children, Fanny and Theodore, run a modest dry goods store.
Molly Brandeis
Little Fanny Brandeis
Aloysius
Little Theodore Brandeis
Father Ritzpatrick
Little Clarence Hyle
In Winnebago, Wisconsin, a Jewish family comprising Molly and Ferdinand Brandeis and their two children, Fanny and Theodore, run a modest dry goods store.
1921-09-19
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