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Polish women ride on an open cart through a street of Warsaw.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 81761

Polish women ride on an open cart through a street of Warsaw.

Overview

Caption: Polish women ride on an open cart through a street of Warsaw.
Date: 1946
Locale: Warsaw, Poland
Variant Locale: Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Antionette Powell

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Antionette Powell

Source Record ID: Collections: 2007.466

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CARTS/WAGONS POLES STREET SCENES WOMEN
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Poland

Administrative Notes

Biography: Stephen Olesnevich was the father of the donor. He served as Vice Consul of the United States in Warsaw, Poland between between 1945 and 1946.

Record last modified:: 2015-04-30 00:00:00
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