Jewish refugee children are shown on the deck of the SS President Harding looking out at the lower New York skyline.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 22111

Overview

Caption: Jewish refugee children are shown on the deck of the SS President Harding looking out at the lower New York skyline.

The ship carried 50 children who ranged in age from 5 to 15 and went to an estate in Philadelphia to await their parents who were still abroad.
Date: 1939 June 03
Locale: New York City, NY United States
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: The New York Times

Keyword: ARRIVAL CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN'S TRANSPORTS (50 CHILDREN) CHILDREN/YOUTH PORTS PORTS (NEW YORK) REFUGEES (JEWISH) SHIPS SHIPS (PRESIDENT HARDING) YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: JEWISH REFUGEES: SEARCH FOR SAFE HAVENS (1933-1945) -- Emigration/Refugee Assistance -- In USA -- Refugees/Absorption/Correspondence