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Zelda Estrin in 1961 with her photography class.

Updated Jun 26, 2025
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Zelda Estrin in 1961 with her photography class.
A photo of Zelda (Zimmerman) Estrin Kerner, art teacher and camera club teacher at Bay Ridge High School with her Camera Club Class 1961.

Zelda Zimmermann married Estrin. All her friends called her Zee Zee and she was a brilliant artist. I am in the first row in a business suit [Sandra Amanda Svendsen] at Bay Ridge High School 1961. In 1971 she was married to photographer Sid Kerner and was working at the High School of Art & Design. After fighting years of depression and being obsessed with suicide, she killed herself on her birthday, October 10th, 1971. October 10, 1928 - October 10, 1971. She had a twin sister who was happily married. Her father was a business man who I believe sold medical supplies. We socialized for ten years after I was graduated from Bay Ridge High School.
Date & Place: in Kings County, New York United States
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Sandra Amanda (Svendsen) Moseley
Sandra Amanda (Svendsen) Moseley was born on October 24, 1943 at Red Hook 11 Lorraine Street, in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York United States to Grace G. Karlsen and Haakon Svendsen, and has siblings Amanda S. Stevenson, John Richard Svendsen, and Stewart Haakon Svendsen. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sandra Amanda (Svendsen) Moseley.
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Zelda (Zimmerman) Kerner
Zelda "Zee Zee" Estrin was my Bay Ridge High School Major Art and photography teacher. She was the daughter of Nathan and Florence Zimmerman, and her twin sister was Suzanne Zimmerman. She is third from the right. I'm second from the left in the first row wearing a business suit because I planned to be successful right after graduation! Zee Zee was one of my closest friends after graduation, and we often went to dinner and went on double dates. I introduced her to sophisticated bachelors. She was also a twin and her twin Suzanne had been happily married. I once met her father, Nathan N. Zimmerman, in his office. Zee Zee was constantly drawing and painting, and I loved her art. She had been married briefly to Dr. Joseph Estrin, who had lived until she was 93. Then, years later, she married photographer Sidney Kerner, who was a fun-loving and talented man. For many years Zee Zee suffered from depression and then committed suicide at the age of 41.
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