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THE RYCHER FAMILY
Ostrow Mazowiecka
cir 1902

 

From left to right:  Feyga Leia Rycher, Anna (Enia Ryfka) Rycher, Reychla Rycher (the little girl in the foreground), Meyshe Aron Rycher and Neach Leyb Rycher.

Neach Leyb died in Ostrow about 1919, and Feyga Leia died in Ostrow in 1929.  Meyshe Aron and Reychla immigrated to the United States and lived in New York. They changed their names to Morris Richman and Rose Wertel.  Anna and her two children perished in the Holocaust.
 
The photograph was taken in the studio of G. Ruda of Ostrow Mazowiecka - the same studio as the mysterious "Lady with Pearl Necklace."  The front of the photo says that the studio had locations in both Komarow[o] and Ostrow.  The back of the photo says:
 G. Rudy
Fotografija Artystyczna
w Ostrowie
ulica [street] Glowna
dom [house] wlasny