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1. The Attack on Fort Sumpter, April 12-13, 1861

The Attack on Fort Sumpter, April 12-13, 1861
Date:
1949
Description:
A postcard of the mural from the main lobby of the Fort Sumter Hotel that depicts the attack on Fort Sumter. The front of the postcard reads, "This mural painting, in the Main Lobby of the Fort Sumter Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, symbolizes the initial attack by Confederate forces, beginning the War Between the States.--The painting is by Alfred Hutty, internationally noted artist and etcher." The back of the postcard reads, "The first shot of the War Between the States was fired April 12, 1861, from a Confederate battery at Fort Johnson (position of the observer in this painting) and landed on the parade ground of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. In this painting Fort Sumter is center, Fort Moultrie to the distant left and a floating Confederate battery to the right. The flag is the original seven star flag of the Confederacy. Fort Sumter, occupied by Confederates on April 14, 1861, was under constant siege by Federal forces from that date until February 18, 1865--In 1948 Fort Sumter was designated a national monument."

2. "Nepal" Photograph Album, 1949

Date:
1949
Description:
This album is comprised of photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, and other documents from the Dillon Ripley Nepal Expedition, in which Getrude Legendre and others participated. The expedition was sponsored by the National Geographic Society, The Smithsonian Institute, and Yale University, and included travel through Nepalese villages, temples, and mountains, including Mount Everest.

3. Vera Nathans, 1949

Vera Nathans, 1949
Date:
1949
Description:
This 1949 photograph was taken in Beverwÿk, Netherlands, and shows Vera.

4. Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina
Date:
1949
Description:
Work on paper, 21.5cm x 25cm. Color drawing of a clothesline hung between houses in Charleston, South Carolina.

5. Francine Ajzensztark and Laddie Lefer, 1949

Francine Ajzensztark and Laddie Lefer, 1949
Date:
1949
Description:
This 1949 photograph was taken in New York and shows Francine and her cousin, Laddie Lefer. Francine came to America before her fiance, Harry Taylor, who had broken his leg.

9. Böhmen, Prag, Judenkirchof

Böhmen, Prag, Judenkirchof
Date:
1930 and 1949
Description:
Color photographic postcard of gravestones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague.

10. שנה טובה / ברוכים הבאים לישראל

שנה טובה / ברוכים הבאים לישראל
Date:
1949
Description:
Rosh Hashanah postcard showing ships marked ge'ulah (redemption) filled with refugees immigrating to the State of Israel. The banner at the top of the postcard reads : "Bruchim HaBaim LeIsrael" (Welcome to Israel).