The South African Jewish Museum's archives (SAJM) Jewish Digital Archive Project is the digital component of the SAJM archive. It aims to maintain a record of Southern Africa's social, economic and political history. JDAP comprises personal narratives and special collections linked to organizations, local communities, and cultural events.
Photograph of the Frank family home in Springbok. Pictured here are Jacob Frank (left) Dorothy Frank (baby in centre), and Jacob's wife, Pauline Frank (nee Barnett) on the right. The central female figure is unknown. Baby Dorothy would one day go on to be the mother of Sheila Samson.
Photograph of Israel Gordon (behind the wheel of his car) and two unknown figures. Israel used this very car (CBU 20) to drive the Earl of Athlone, Govenor-General of the Union of South Africa and his wife, Princess Alice to a fomal reception at the Cape Copper Company offices in O'okiep when they visited Namaqualand in 1926.
Photograph of Israel Gordon (second from left, peeping out from behind a shoulder), Max "Shappy" Shapiro (centre) and a group of friends. Max Shapiro was a hotelier who ran the Masonic Hotel in Springbok.