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Walter Ruby

The youngest son of the immigrant Rabinowitz family, Walter Ruby reinvented himself as a man about town and brash advertising executive

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Just so—how the Rubys got their name

Ringel vs. Ruby in World War I

Sidney Kessler and American Spirits

The corkscrew on eBay—sourcing family artifacts

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The family secret behind grandfather's desk calendar

Walter Ruby and the Carioca Cooler

Young man on the make in the Roaring Twenties

More newspaper citations for Walter Ruby in the Catrow affair and as a boxing manager—but is it our Walter?
  • 2023-11-12
Walter Ruby's last enterprise was Ruby Carbonator Company
  • 2023-11-07
Walter Ruby called "the gin king" in a 1934 advertisement
  • 2023-11-06
The Ruby family lived in Washington Heights in 1925
  • 2022-02-03
Ruby-design corkscrew was advertised to retailers in trade journal The Billboard
  • 2021-11-09
Animated photos from MyHeritage
  • 2021-03-04
The sudden death of Walter Ruby
  • 2020-12-26
Walter suffers a career setback
  • 2020-12-26
The Gonif — wayward son in the Crimean war
  • 2020-12-21
Walter Ruby story on Treelines
  • 2013-06-14

Person Data

Branch
Rabinowitz, Ruby
Generation
0G
Gender
Male

Relationships

Father
Joseph Rabinowitz
Mother
Lena Lincoff
Wife
Selma Ratner
Daughter
Joan Ruby
Son
Stanley Ruby

Milestones

Birth

New York City, NY
United States

Marriage

Chicago, IL
United States

Death

New York City, NY
United States

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