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    Overview

    Collection Summary
    The collection consists of railroad signal lanterns, a switch lamp, a station telephone, and station signs used in the daily operations of the railroads in Poland before and during the Holocaust.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Polish Railroad Authority.
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    Hand crank, table top telephone from Sobibor railroad station

    Object | Accession Number: 1990.291.1

    Geography
    use: Sobibor (Poland)
    Date
    use:  after 1900-before 1946

    Railroad signal lantern with a reflector from Sobibor railroad station

    Object | Accession Number: 1990.291.2

    Geography
    use: Sobibor (Poland)
    Date
    use:  after 1900-before 1945
    Railroad signal lantern with a reflector from Sobibor railroad station

    Railroad switch stand with a signal lantern from Sobibor railroad station

    Object | Accession Number: 1990.291.3 a-d

    Geography
    use: Sobibor (Poland)
    Date
    use:  after 1900-before 1946

    Painted steel sign from Sobibor railroad station

    Object | Accession Number: 1990.291.4

    Geography
    use: Sobibor (Poland)
    Date
    use:  after 1900-before 1946

    Painted composition board sign from Belzec railroad station

    Object | Accession Number: 1990.291.5

    Geography
    use: Belzec (Poland)
    Date
    use:  after 1945
    Painted composition board sign from Belzec railroad station

    Lantern from Belzec railroad station

    Object | Accession Number: 1990.291.6

    Geography
    use: Belzec (Poland)
    Date
    use:  after 1900-before 1946
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    2022-07-28 18:26:56
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