The city’s eyes were on the White family, who made their name through manufacturing, with the White Sewing Machine Co., and later with Rollin White’s co-ownership of the White Motor Corporation. He and his wife Katharine had a taste for adventure and the outdoors. Family photo albums depict her enjoying golfing and sailing, and during the 1930s she and her family cruised around the world on the SS Columbus. Around the time she would have worn this dress, she took her granddaughter, also named Katharine, on a North Cape cruise aboard the SS Kungsholm. Kate would have been 65 that year, and her willingness to shine in this silver dress hadn’t faded., Made of silk lamé. Worn in Cleveland, Ohio by Katharine King White (1872-1949). Gift of Mrs. W. Griffin King, 58.282. Featured in the "Wow Factor: 150 Years of Bold Clothes" Exhibit.
Convention of the Nashelsker Relief Society, Cleveland, 1937. This group photograph was taken in front of the Kinsman Jewish Center, a local Orthodox congregation. Renee Morgernstern Saltzman donated the photograph, which is part of the unprocessed small collections at Western Reserve Historical Society, SA2015-036. As identified in handwriting on the photograph, the image includes Phil Wasserman (uncle of donor Renee Morgenstern Saltzman), Mildred Wasserman (cousin of donor), and Esther Saltzman Wasserman (aunt of donor). Further on in the front row is Aaron H. Saltzman (father of donor), Robert Saltzman (uncle of donor), Tante Brandel (Brayndl?, aunt of donor), and Max Saltzman (uncle of donor). The Nashelsker Relief Society supported the Jewish community of the town of Nashelsk, also known as Nasielsk, Poland. Aaron H. Saltzman was the half brother of Maurice Saltzman, noted Cleveland businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist. The town of Nasielsk features prominently in the book Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film, by Glenn Kurtz.