allen fririshman livives surroundnded by relilics ofof a time gogone by. thihis is the switchchboard from the regal hotel. repeporter: sigigns and more signsns of a treasusured past, , keepsakes,s, stuff. this is a corkscrew fromom the concord. > reporter:r: once the local buililding inspector,r, he had ththe pickck of the lilitter of leftovers from the glory daysys. maybe you u ve been watchingng mrs. maisel. . we e re going t to thehe catskills. reporter: or remember dirty dancing. that was the summer of 1963. repororter: enclalaves ofof respite a and rerecreation b built for and bubuilt by jewews. j jews were l largely barred from gentile-owned hotels, so they had to really create their own vacation world. reporter: a world to be celebrated and cataloged in the borscht belt museum set to open in two years s includingg piecess from a allen frishman s place. it was a rite of passage. it was the place to be, to be seen, to meet your spouse. reporter: but espe