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Distribution of Food

Date: 12 02 1956
Description: Elevated view of a Cub Scout, Girl Scout, and Brownie Scout standing on the sidewalk bringing boxes of food to St. Vincent de Paul to be distributed to rec...
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Doctor with Refugee Child in Algeria

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor is holding an Algerian refugee child who survived a French air attack that killed eighteen people. Behind them is a shepherd's daught...
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Escape from Hungary to Austria

Date: 11 29 1956
Description: A woman in a headscarf crosses an improvised bridge in the vicinity of the village of Tamsweg, escaping from Hungary to Austria.
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Three European War Orphans

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman, left, greets three war orphans visiting Madison under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary. Left to Ri...
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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Man washing milking equipment.
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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman using sewing machine.
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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman typing.
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War Relief Work

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay.
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Moslem Refuge from Hindu, India

Date: 09 1951
Description: A Moslem refugee from Hindu India in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Methodist Hospital Nurse's Aide

Date: 05 29 1953
Description: Etti Gelan, a nurse's aide at Methodist Hospital, giving a drink of water to a male patient, William Laerk of Waukesha. She left her native country of Germ...
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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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Tibetan Refugee

Date: 1959
Description: A refugee from Tibet, photographed by journalist Cecil Brown in Sikkim, India, shortly after the Dalai Lama and his followers fled from their country.
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Red Crescent Worker Examines Patient

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) examining a young girl's teeth. The girl is wearing a patterned shawl and is reaching for the man's hat. Th...
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Red Crescent Worker and Patient

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker inspecting an Algerian woman's eye in a tent. The woman is wearing a shawl and a head scarf. The ten...
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Red Crescent Worker with Child

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker spooning medicine into a young child's mouth. The child's head is half shaven. Behind them are two women, a yo...
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Algerian Child Wearing Chapelle's Eyeglasses

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian girl in a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) tent. A man is holding Dickey Chapelle's glasses up to the girl's face. She is wearing a patterne...
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Passport to Happiness

Date: 10 20 1954
Description: Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp...
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Hungarian Refugee

Date: 02 23 1957
Description: Lasslo (Larry) Csukardy, a Hungarian refugee, receives instruction about operating a tractor from his "American father" Don Andree.
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Hungarian Refugee

Date: 02 23 1957
Description: Lasslo (Larry) Csukardy, a Hungarian refugee, receives the first Valentines of his life from Mrs. Don Andree, on the left, and Mary Natvig, a teacher at Se...

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