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Date Created1950

DescriptionMas Shimoda (right) and a friend take in the view from atop the Climatology building.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleBuddhist wedding (Image 1 of 2)

Date Created1950

DescriptionOne of the first Buddhist weddings held at the recreation hall in Hoover Village.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleGreek War Relief knitting project

Date Created1941

DescriptionGreek War Relief knitting project receipt for Ms. B. Lambros, April 4, 1941

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleNewark: A Pageant of Her History

Date Created1931

DescriptionJunior members depict nineteenth-century cobblers in a scene about the city's early industries.

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TitleGargas family portrait

Date Created1931

DescriptionPhotograph was taken on May 1931, my mother Athanasia, my brother Michael and me George, before we left from Newark, NJ USA to Athens Greece. I was dressed with Navy clothes. My big brother John is...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleGeorge and Victoria Petropoulos arrive in New York

Date Created1929

DescriptionGeorge Petropoulos (a naturalized American citizen and Newark businessman) with Victoria (his wife) upon their arrival in New York prior to settling in Newark, c. 1929. Courtesy of Helen Peters Cap

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleGeorge Petropoulos proprietor outside the Central Coffee Pot Restaurant

Date Created1936

DescriptionGeorge Petropoulos, proprietor, outside the Central Coffee Pot Restaurant located in the Newark Farmer's Market c. 1936. Courtesy of Helen Peters Cap

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleJohn Jolas, owner of the Dreamland Bar and Grill with his son Gus and a bartender

Date Created1940

DescriptionJohn Jolas, owner of the Dreamland Bar and Grill with his son Gus and a bartender, c. 1940. Courtesy of The Jolas Family

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleHungarian picnic, 1938

Date Created1938

DescriptionThe "Bugac Puszta" was a one week charity camp established on a farm in Dayton, New Jersey in the 1930s by the New York Children's Charitable Association for Hungarian children from New York City.

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleTony Vlahakis delivering milk

Date Created1940-1949

DescriptionTony Vlahakis delivering milk and food products, c. 1940's. Courtesy of The Vlahakes Family