Collection

Laurence Kahn Family Films

Explore a selection of home movies from the Kahn family collection.

Laurence Kahn, son of E. M. Kahn and husband of Ruth Brown Kahn (co-founder of DJHS), recorded a large collection of 8mm and 16mm films in the late 1930s and 1940s. The films were donated by Ruth Kahn’s estate in the late 1980s. Here is a selection for your viewing pleasure:

A young child sits on a lawn near a football, with yellow flowers and trees in the background. — “Elizabeth and Children at Weisberg, 1940”