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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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Portrait of Jackie Melamedik

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel's nephew, Jackie Melamedik (her sister Marim's son); Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany. He was the only other member of her famil...
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Latvian Refugees

Date: 08 01 1949
Description: Four Latvian refugee children sitting on the steps of their host family, the Allan Dicksons, 5435 Egan Court. In the front row, left to right, are Gundar ...
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Children at Camp McCoy

Date: 1980
Description: Cuban refugees at Camp McCoy. Three children standing with their arms around each others shoulders. Two wear Woody Woodpecker t-shirts, the other wears a D...
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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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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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Refugees after Tet

Date: 1968
Description: A crowd of pedestrians, trucks, and cyclists on a road waiting to go through an arch in a damaged building amid the post-Tet destruction in Hue.
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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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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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Moving Out

Date: 12 26 1967
Description: Typed note on the back: SGP...UNIPIX North of Hue, South Vietnam: A Vietnamese woman carries her possessions as her home burns behind her. The South Vietn...
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Three Young Women on an Outing

Date: 1910
Description: Three smiling women stand beside a horse-drawn carriage near Two Rivers. The horses are wearing knotted, corded fly nets and blinders. The carriage has a c...
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Landrat (local official) distributing gutscheine (food coupons) to the poor.
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Galician Refugees Passing Through Tarnow

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Description: Galician refugees riding on wagons while passing through Tarnow.
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Return of Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees making their way home from camps in the Netherlands.
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Refugees from Antwerp Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees from Antwerp awaiting the train that will take them home.
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Cattaro

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Description: Evacuated (refugee) women working as laborers at the port.
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Refugees Crossing Over

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Description: Refugees crossing over into Hungary.

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