Interview: David Kaplan

Interview: David Kaplan

David Kaplan (b. circa 1889) was born in a Russian village to a Jewish family. With his father in America, Kaplan had to work as a child to support his family. Fearing military conscription, he fled Russia in 1911 and immigrated to Philadelphia. In 1946, after decades of financial struggle, Kaplan found a steady job in the clothing industry and retired with a pension at the age of 77.

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Charles Hardy

David Kaplan

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Sanitation.

Hygiene.

Public baths.

Citizenship

Ethnic relations.

Movie theaters

Technological innovations

Boardinghouses

Russian Revolution

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