The pictures below, scanned from a Silberberg family album, are from Jacob Silberberg's visit to his hometown of Shumsk, then part of Poland, in January 1932. Jacob Silberberg was born in Shumsk in 1898 when it was part of the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States about 1914, living at first with an uncle in Manchester, New Hampshire.  Grist mill and grain storage?
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 Jacob, center, in front of his parents' home |
 Jacob's father, right, with a daughter-in-law and grandchild, in front of the family house |
 Jacob and his mother, and one of her grandchildren, in front of the family house |
 Jacob with a brother and sister-in-law and one of their children, in front of the family house |
 Jacob and his mother |
 Jacob and his mother and one of her grandchildren -- different sleigh |
 The Silberberg home is the one on the right |
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 Jacob and ... ? |
 Church and cemetery in Shumsk, pre-war |
 Jacob, family and friends gather at the conclusion of his visit. |
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