Dress worn by a young girl while living in hiding
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Created by Miki Pear, 1941, Ukraine.
- Date
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creation:
1941
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Miki Pear
- Contributor
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Subject:
Miki Pear
- Biography
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Miki Pear was born in Warsaw, Poland. During the Holocaust, she taken from her family to live with a Greek Orthodox priest in the Ukraine. She was able to immigrate to the United States in 1947, after being found by a living uncle.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Children's clothing
- Object Type
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Child's dress (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Off-white dress with red border encircling the bottom part of the dress, close to the hem.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 23.750 inches (60.325 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
- Materials
- overall : linen, cotton
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The dress was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Miki Pear.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:47
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn5802
