Hearts throb in gratitude over Iron Curtain escape
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated November 22, 1956 reads, "Thanks God, America, all of you - Little hands and big ones join in thanksgiving prayer at Pacoima home of German refugees. Today is first Thanksgiving Day for family who escaped from behind Iron Curtain. From left are Herbert Rupple, father; Willy, 1; Adele Rupple, mother; Ingrid, 8; Harry, 11; Gertrude, 6, and Adelheid, 4."; See images #00145409 through #00145411 for all photos in this series.
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Refugees--Housing--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles) Refugees--California--Los Angeles Families--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Immigrant families--United States Immigrants--United States Prayer Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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