New immigrants sit on the stoop of their home in Tel Shachar while socializing with their neighbors.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 61108

Overview

Caption: New immigrants sit on the stoop of their home in Tel Shachar while socializing with their neighbors.
Date: 1950
Locale: Tal Shachar, Palestine/Israel
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Henry Morgenthau III
Event History: Tal Shachar was a new immigrant agricultural community in Israel founded in 1948 in honor of Henry Morgenthau Jr. The meaning of its name, morning dew, is a direct translation of the name Morgenthau. The first residents were immigrants from Greece and Turkey. This photograph is from a presentation album given to Henry Morgenthau when he visited the community two years after its founding.

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Henry Morgenthau III

Keyword: EMIGRES/EMIGRATION/AID (POSTWAR) HUTS/SHACKS IMMIGRANT CAMPS (PALESTINE) IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION (TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL) SEWING/KNITTING TEL SHACHAR WOMEN
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- New Immigrant Camps/Settlements -- Other