Two women work the land in Tal Shachar.

Photograph | Not Digitized | Photograph Number: 35023

Overview

Caption: Two women work the land in Tal Shachar.
Date: Circa 1950 - 1951
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.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007408.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Henry Morgenthau III

Source Record ID: Collections: 2015.255.1

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS FARMS/FARMING FIELDS JEWS (PALESTINIAN/ISRAELI) KIBBUTZIM/MOSHAVIM (PALESTINE/ISRAEL) WOMEN
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- New Immigrant Camps/Settlements -- Other