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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Girl standing next to "Sifting and Winnowing" memorial plaque at the entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison ca... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with the Wisconsin State Capitol building from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Trees line the path on both sides of... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Refugees on their way to Bremerhaven, Germany to sail to the United States. The man in the center is Max Neumann, director of HIAS in Germany. On the left ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The Weinschenker family poses for a portrait in a train car. From left to right are an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, Frieda Weinschenker (sittin... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Milo Weinschenker, the son of Chaim and Klara Weinschenker. He is sick, tucked into bed. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Jewish orphans between takes while appearing in Fred Zinneman's film, "The Search"; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Surviv... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a refugee child, Milo Weinschenker, wearing sunglasses. He is standing next to a train, as he and his family were about to leave Germany to sai... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Elizabeth Waters women's dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the upper right corner is Camp Randall. A long pier... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior from road of the women's dormitory, Elizabeth Waters Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Built in 1940 as the campus home for fou... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Self-portrait of Saul Sorrin, area director of the International Refugee Organization, dining at his former house in Munich. Saul Sorrin was interviewed... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Refugees demonstrate for Israeli statehood at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the H... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A group of unidentified refugees are standing near baby carriages at a Displaced Persons camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Saul Sorrin, Area Director of the International Refugee Organization; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivor... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | View from balcony of interior of the Memorial Union Theater on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Langdon Street entrance of Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Entrance to a dormitory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's Residence Halls. A tiled-roofed arched gateway with wrought iron gates linking the dor... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Collage of photographs of members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, as seen in the Racine Belles annual yearbook of 1948. Clockwi... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A blind(?) man operates a piece of machinery behind a table in a display booth at the "blind veterans show." The booth is labeled "International Harvester'... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two Minnesota dealers, Glidden Toldt and Myron Syverson of Ornsby, inspect a Farmall Cub Tractor. The men were likely attending an International Harvester ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A man views a model of an early header. Original caption reads: "This display of the 'header,' a machine that preceded today's modern combine, brings back ... |
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