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Title
The Boys' Home at Rebstock Airfield, Frankfurt, Germany, 1949
Creator
Patton, Katherine
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Abilene Christian University. Brown Library. Milliken Special Collections
Contact address or phone given here.
Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library, Abilene Christian University, Box 29208, Abilene, TX 79699-9208; 325-674-2348
ask@acu.libanswers.com
Description
"Rebstock Airfield Boy's Home 1949" The Boys' Home outside of Frankfurt, Germany in the bombed out ruins of the Rebstock Airfield. The home was started by American Missionaries from a cappella Churches of Christ in an effort to minister to the needs of the large population of orphaned boys in Frankfurt, Germany after the war.
Type
image
Format
photographic print, 6.5 x 9.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
IMPA-ACU-KP-2-057-002.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-91351
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMPA-ACU-KP-2-057-002.jpg
Subject
Housing
General views
Time Period
1949
Place
Europe
Frankfurt
Germany
Source
ACU/KP/2/057/002 [File]
Relation
Abilene Christian University. Brown Library. Milliken Special Collections
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Katherine Patton Papers, Center for Restoration Studies
Photographs from Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, 1899-1969

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