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1. Handcrafted commemorative coin medallion created for a US crew member on an illegal immigrant ship
2001.25.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2001.25.1
Date:
commemoration: 1947 May 18
creation: 1947 May 18-1947 July 22
…Handcrafted commemorative coin medallion created for a US crew member on an illegal immigrant ship…
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2. Lightweight valise used by Cila and Baruch Knaster when they immigrated
2018.206.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.206.2
Date:
use: 1949
…Lightweight valise used by Cila and Baruch Knaster when they immigrated…
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3. Manual
Object | Accession Number: 1988.114.3
Date:
publication: 1948
Title:
Manual on the immigration laws of the United States
…Manual on the immigration laws of the United States…
4. Poster announcing a day of mourning for the deportation of the illegal immigrants of SS Exodus
Object | Accession Number: 2020.22.1
Date:
publication/distribution: 1947 September
Artwork Title:
Yom Evel Yishuvi
Alternate Title:
Day of Mourning in the Yishuv
…Poster announcing a day of mourning for the deportation of the illegal immigrants of SS Exodus…
5. Israeli flag owned by Karl Kormes
Object | Accession Number: 2021.185.4
Date:
approximately 1946
…The collection consists of immigration papers and other documents, as well as a child's red dress, an Israeli flag, and a prewar German prayer book…
6. Handkerchief
2015.563.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.563.4
Date:
inclusive: 1865-2001
bulk: 1901-1957
…Emigration and immigration--United States.…
7. Teardrop pendant with an engraved inscription
2015.563.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.563.2
Date:
inclusive: 1865-2001
bulk: 1901-1957
…Emigration and immigration--United States.…
8. Textile with embroidered names
2015.563.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.563.3
Date:
inclusive: 1865-2001
bulk: 1901-1957
…Emigration and immigration--United States.…
9. Blue and silver HIAS badge acquired by a Polish Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2013.467.2
Date:
received: after 1947-before 1950 December
…Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)…
10. Blanket used in a DP camp
Object | Accession Number: 2001.53.3
Date:
use: 1946-1955
… Lampertheim DP Camp in Germany and their immigration to the United States.…
11. Blanket
Object | Accession Number: 2001.53.2
Date:
use: 1946-1955
… Lampertheim DP Camp in Germany and their immigration to the United States.…
12. Embroidered pouch for tefillin brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.3
Date:
use: 1901-1946
… brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and…
13. Embroidered yarmulke brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.2
Date:
use: 1901-1946
… Bespaloff or another man in his extended family. The kippah was brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s.…
14. Letter of appreciation with plaque
2017.133.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.133.2
Date:
received: 1948 November 01
…, and their time living as refugees in Shanghai and Tianjin (Tientsin), China, from 1940-1948, prior to their immigration to the United States. Also…
15. Embroidered pouch for a tallit brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.4
Date:
use: 1901-1946
… family. The pouch was brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s. A tallit is a prayer shawl worn by observant Jewish men…
16. Heart shaped carved stone ashtray acquired by a British officer
2003.465.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.4
Date:
received: after 1947 March-approximately 1948
… the camp were Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, many of whom were captured while trying to immigrate to Palestine illegally. On May 14, 1948, the State…
17. Hashomer Hatzair white and blue banner for Kibbutz Safiac acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.10
Date:
received: after 1947 March-approximately 1948 June
… the camp were Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, many of whom were captured while trying to immigrate to Palestine illegally. On May 14, 1948, the State…
18. Carved stone book with an inscription made for a British officer by a Jewish internee in Cyprus
2003.465.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.3
Date:
received: after 1947 March-approximately 1948
… the camp were Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, many of whom were captured while trying to immigrate to Palestine illegally. On May 14, 1948, the State…
19. Clip-on Daimon battery operated German flashlight acquired by a British officer
2003.465.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.5
Date:
received: after 1947 March-1948
… the camp were Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, many of whom were captured while trying to immigrate to Palestine illegally. On May 14, 1948, the State…
20. Carved stone book with a painted map of Cyprus and Palestine acquired by a British officer
2003.465.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.2
Date:
received: approximately 1948
creation: 1948
… the camp were Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, many of whom were captured while trying to immigrate to Palestine illegally. On May 14, 1948, the State…