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Date Created1949-1955

DescriptionIn 1948, Congress passed the Displaced Persons Act. Beginning in April 1949, more than 650 Estonian displaced persons would join the labor force and residential community at Seabrook Farms.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleCub Scouts

Date Created1949

DescriptionGroup of young cub scouts gathered for a photograph. From Vladmar Heitur album entitled "Estonians from Seabrook: first years starting from 1949". Photograph found on page 31.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitlePeople in Hoover Village

Date Created1949

DescriptionThe structures of Hoover Village were hastily assembled after the federal housing reached capacity. Although these homes came equipped with indoor plumbing, in comparison to the migrant labor camps,...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleWooden barracks in Hoover Village

Date Created1949

DescriptionWooden barracks in Hoover Village. The dimension of each barrack was 16' X 48'. The photograph is found on page 8 of Vladmar Heitur's album titled "Estonians from Seabrook".

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleAerial view of Seabrook Farms

Date Created1949

DescriptionPhotograph from page 17 of a family album by Valdmar Heitur entitled, "Eestlased Seabrookin: esimesed aastad alates 1949" (Estonians from Seabrook: first years starting 1949).

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleCars parked in Hoover Village

Date Created1949

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleCub Scouts and Scouts

Date Created1949

DescriptionBoy scout holding flag with Seabrook insignia. From page 32 in album by Valdmar Heitur entitled, "Estonians from Seabrook: first years starting from 1949".

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleFirst Confirmation

Date Created1949

DescriptionPhotograph titled "First Confirmation", showing three young women in white , three young men and a member of the clergy, standing outside of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Seabrook....

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleGirls with hats

Date Created1949

DescriptionFour young women in hats sitting in a field. The given caption is "Summer is a fun time". This photograph is from Vladmar Heitur album titled "Estonians from Seabrook: first years starting from 1949".

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleEstonians in transit camp in Germany

Date Created1949-1955

DescriptionMost of the approximately 40,000 Estonians who ended up in the German Displaced Person camps fled with Nazi troops and officials after the Red Army reoccupied Estonia in the fall of 1944. By 1948,...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)