In recognition of his philanthropy, Zimmer was awarded an honorary doctorate on his 100th birthday by the University of Judiaism (The American Jewish University). He was responsible for building seven Los Angeles synagogues, including Temple Emanuel and Temple Beth Am in Beverly Hills, Temple Israel in Hollywood and Temple Isaiah in Westwood. Sinai Hospital in Boyle Heights, the Los Angeles Jewish Federation, the University of Judaism and the Jewish Home for the Aging in the San Fernando Valley. The Zimmer family were of Jewish faith and Max helped found the old Mt. The project was successful and Zimmer went on to develop an assortment of commercial buildings throughout Los Angeles including many of Los Angeles' first supermarkets. Zimmer launched his career in construction when he talked a Lynwood merchant into letting him remodel his storefront. The couple married around 1917 and had three daughters one daughter was born in New York and two more were born in Ohio where the family had moved prior to relocating to Los Angeles in the mid to late 1920s. Zimmer emigrated to the United States around 1914 where he met his wife, Pauline, a Russian immigrant who had arrived in the U.S. Max Zimmer was a Los Angeles contractor and philanthropist born in 1894 in Austria. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection. The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at for additional information. Images available for reproduction and educational use. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes FoundationĬollection Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles.

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