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Donofsky store

Collection
Zeman Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 529]
Source
Rauh Jewish Archives at the Rauh Jewish Archives
Date
c.1900

Abraham Donofsky came to the Nanty Glo about 1890 to sell blasting powder to the mines. As the town grew, he opened a furniture store that later became a general store. His  daughter Dora married Bernard Zeman, the son of a merchant from Evans City.

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