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Lessing Rosenwald and John Foster Dulles

Date: 06 04 1963
Description: Lessing Rosenwald, of the American Council for Judaism, shakes hands with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during a conference on United States foreig...
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Berger, Rosenwald and Tonkon

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Description: Elmer Berger, who is perched on the edge of a table, points to paperwork held by Lessing Rosenwald as I. Edward Tonkon looks on.
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B'nai B'rith Purim Ball Committee

Date: 03 05 1950
Description: Group portrait of some of the committee members making arrangements for the annual B'nai B'rith Purim ball at the Beth Israel center which annually inaugur...
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Herb Kohl

Date: 10 09 2007
Description: Close-up portrait of Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl smiling.
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Beth Israel Center Shofar

Date: 09 10 1952
Description: Morris Heifetz, a member of the Beth Israel Center congregation, demonstrates how he sounds the shofar (ram's horn) to call members to worship on Rosh Hash...
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Alfred Hopf, Taxi Driver

Date: 09 18 1953
Description: Alfred Hopf, a German Jewish refugee, wearing his uniform and sitting in his taxi, says driving a taxi in Madison is a far cry from his old career asa pro...
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Alfred Hopf as Blood Donor

Date: 09 17 1953
Description: "Alfred Hopf makes his final visit to the blood center to give his last pint of blood before his 60th birthday makes him ineligible to donate again. He is ...
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World Jewish Child's Day

Date: 03 31 1954
Description: Governor Walter Kohler is presented with flowers from a group of Wisconsin Hadassah women during the World Jewish Child's Day commemoration. Pictured with ...
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World Jewish Child's Day

Date: 03 31 1954
Description: Two representatives of Hadassah present Governor Walter Kohler with a plaque of pressed flowers in commemoration of World Jewish Child's Day.
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Street Car in Krakow

Date: 1940
Description: A street car in Krakow photographed by American journalist Alvin Steinkopf while on a tour of German-occupied Poland. He labeled it in his scrapbook."Jews ...
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Ghetto Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Street scene in the Jewish ghetto in Szydlowiec, Poland, photographed by American journalist Alvin Steinkopf, about one year after the German invasion.
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Quarantine Fence

Date: 1940
Description: A barbed wire fence in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw constructed to quarantine people infected with lice. At this point the wall around the entire ghetto had...
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Lublin Ghetto

Date: 10 1940
Description: The Jewish ghetto in Lublin, Poland.
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Young Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky

Date: 1939
Description: A portrait of young Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky, taken shortly after his release from a concentration camp.
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American Jewish Tercentenary of Jews in United States

Date: 09 10 1954
Description: Group portrait of Governor Walter Kohler with five Jews observing the 300th anniversary of the September 1634 arrival of Jewish settlers in New Amsterdam, ...
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Mideast Peace Meeting

Date: 1985
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin leans across the table (left) during a discussion with Shimon Perez in Israel. Congressman Thomas Petri, also from ...
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"Double Indemnity" Lobby Card

Date: 1944
Description: Lobby card for the Paramount film "Double Indemnity," featuring head shots of the three leads: Fred MacMurray (as Walter Neff), Barbara Stanwyck (as Phylli...
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"Double Indemnity" Lobby Card

Date: 1944
Description: Lobby card for the Paramount film "Double Indemnity," featuring a tinted scene from the movie, with leads Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson), Fred M...
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Golden Agers

Date: 01 08 1957
Description: Jacob Isaacs, Albert Dizon, and Jacob Miller (left to right) enjoy dessert at the monthly afternoon party put on by the Council of Jewish Women at the Cong...
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Golden Agers

Date: 01 08 1957
Description: Joseph Rozansky, Joseph Vein, and Bessie Vein (left to right) enjoy conversation at the monthly afternoon party put on by the Council of Jewish Women at th...

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