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Detention at Ellis Island

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Description: Immigrants being detained at Ellis Island. Three boys lay on the ground together.
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Immigrant Women and Children

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Description: Two immigrant women in headscarves pose with a baby and a young boy. They are both holding baskets and bundles, and are standing on a platform.
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Jane Addams of Hull House

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Description: Jane Addams holding an open book, surrounded by immigrant children.
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Medical Inspection of Immigrants

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Description: Medical inspection of immigrants at Ellis Island.
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Polish Immigrant Women

Date: 1895
Description: Polish immigrant women at the Market Square wearing traditional, national clothing. In the background are brick buildings. A sign on one building reads: "C...
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Market Square

Date: 1890
Description: Polish immigrants in Market Square wearing Polish national dress. The men are wearing suits, coats, and hats. The women are wearing dresses, shawls and hat...
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Market Square

Date: 1890
Description: Polish immigrants, wearing Polish national dress, with a wagon in Market Square. Other men in the square are wearing suits, long coats, and hats. The women...
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Market Square

Date: 1890
Description: Polish immigrants in Market Square wearing Polish national dress. The men are wearing suits, coats, and hats. The women are wearing dresses, shawls, hats a...
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Parents on S.S. Jerusalem

Date: 1953
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (right), Max Hafner (left), and Martha Hafner (center) on S.S. Jerusalem en route to the United States.
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb on Deck of S.S. Castel Bianco

Date: 1949
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb on deck of S.S. Castel Bianco en route to Israel.
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Rosa Goldberg Katz and Bernard Katz On Their Way to the United States

Date: 04 1948
Description: Rosa and Bernard Katz on their way to the United States; Goteborg, Sweden.
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Portrait of Rosa Goldberg Katz, Bernard Katz, and Son

Date: 1952
Description: Group portrait of Rosa Goldberg Katz, Bernard Katz, and their son, Arthur.
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Walter Peltz and Family En Route to the United States

Date: 1949
Description: From left: unidentified man, son Andre, wife Rose, unidentified woman, Walter Wolf Peltz looking out of the window of a railroad car; Hamburg, Germany, en ...
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Salvator and Thelma Moshe Picnicking

Date: 1950
Description: Holocaust survivor Salvator Moshe and his wife, Thelma, picnicking at Southshore Park.
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Bridget O'Keefe Quinney

Date: 1919
Description: Brigit O'Keefe Quinney, Richard Quinney's great grandmother, sitting next to the family's farmhouse and flowering hollyhocks.
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Rachel Baker Bray

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Rachel Baker Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother.
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German-American Wurst Roast

Date: 1913
Description: The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar...
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Lamont and His Wife

Date: 1849
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lamont and his wife, Scottish immigrants. Waist-up portrait, seated facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie, and she is w...
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Mary Mathews Adams

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Description: Photograph of a framed painting of Mary Mathews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whose published works i...

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