Photograph depicts George Zukerman an internationally acclaimed Solo Bassoonist. Zuckerman came to the US during WWII where his father was a correspondent for several Yiddish newspapers. He first played with the Vancouver Symphony in 1950 on invitation from New York, where he met and married Netta Karmel, a social worker with the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau. Zukerman took up permanent residence in Vancouver in 1953.
Photograph depicts Elie Wiesel speaking into several microphones at a press conference prior to a dinner held by the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University. Written on verso: Mar. 2/89 edition.