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Refugees Crossing Over

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Description: Refugees crossing over into Hungary.
Poster

La Obra Del Fascismo

Date: 1936
Description: Poster with images and text. A symbol near top right reads: "SO Corro Rojo Internacional Comite E Je Cutivo." Text reads: "Destruccion. — Hogares deschecho...
Poster

Exposition du 1er au 30 Octobre 1917 Poster

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration depicting a grinning German soldier escorting a group of unhappy looking people carrying luggage. In the background are bombed ...
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Hungarians Crossing into Austria

Date: 11 28 1956
Description: Hungarian families crossing snowy grainfields into Austria near the village of Andau. They had walked at least ten miles over this terrain in near zero-deg...
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Street Scene after Tet

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of refugees after the Tet Offensive, camped out front of their damaged homes. Although not identified, it is believed the image is a street s...
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Refugees after Tet

Date: 1968
Description: Refugees at a Red Cross aid station in Hue shortly after the Tet offensive left much of the city in ruins. This scene was witnessed by American journalist ...
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Medical Examination, Refugee Camp, Vietnam

Date: 1962
Description: Medical examination of a boy in a refugee camp in the mountain region of Vietnam on the border of Laos. Treatment provided by a joint MEDICO/U.S. Army huma...
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Refugees at Luang Prabang Airport, Laos

Date: 05 1961
Description: Three refugees posing for a picture in front of a corrugated structure for shade at the Luang Prabang airport, Laos. Two soldiers stand in the background a...
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Waiting at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: A small group of refugees wait with luggage under an awning at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. An armed soldier stands behind them on the right. There is a tr...
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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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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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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman typing.
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Postwar Berlin

Date: 1946
Description: Men pulling a cart. It was, he wrote, the way "people move their stuff." Although undated, it was taken before June, 1946 when he returned to the United ...
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Refugees Scavenging

Date: 
Description: Snapshot taken by Sigurd Olson of refugees scavenging in military trash bins. Although the location is not identified, it is probably in or near Berlin.
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German Refugees

Date: 1945
Description: Refugees traveling by boxcar. Although the location is unidentified it was probably taken by Sigurd Olson in or near Berlin either late in 1945 or early i...
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German Refugees

Date: 
Description: A snapshot of postwar refugees in Berlin traveling by railroad boxcar.
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Cuban Refugee Family Living Quarters

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Members of family seated and standing near the entrance to their home. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had arrived as ...
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Cuban Refugee Children's Bible Study

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Children viewing an illustration during a bible study class. Photograph is part of a group of images taken of Cuban refugees who had arrived as a result of...
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Cuban Refugees Dancing

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Cubans dancing to salsa music. Photograph is part of a group of images taken of Cuban refugees who had arrived as a result of the Port of Mariel exodus, an...
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Ping Pong Game

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Two people playing table tennis with one man watching. Photograph is part of a group of images taken of Cuban refugees who had arrived as a result of the P...

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