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TitleMinnie Meltzer playing with Wendy Meltzer in barrel

Date Created1950

DescriptionMrs. Minnie Meltzer, who immigrated from Minsk, playing with her granddaughter Wendy, on a chicken farm near Farmingdale. Wendy is coming out of a barrel. The photo was taken circa 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleMinnie and Wendy Meltzer on chicken farm

Date Created1950

DescriptionPhotograph of Mrs. Minnie Meltzer, and immigrant from Minsk, with her granddaughter Wendy, on a chicken farm near Farmingdale, circa 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleI remember teaching at Seabrook School

AuthorDougherty, Olive

Date Created1940-1990

DescriptionIn this "I remember" memoir, Olive Dougherty, a second-grade teacher from Seabrook School, recalls her past students. She enjoyed teaching at Seabrook because of her exposure to diverse cultures and...

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TitleRecord of Report of Birth of Olga Zagneetka by Magdalene Kovacs.

Date Created1924

DescriptionWorking as a midwife, Magdalene Kovacs delivered many infants in New Brunswick in the 1920s. Here she records the birth of Olga Zagneetka, whose parents had emigrated from Russia.

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TitleRussian Float in July 4, 1918 Parade

Date Created1918

DescriptionPhotograph from the Paul Schack Historical Collection of a Russian float in the 1918 Fourth of July Parade in South River, New Jersey.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePassaic: The Story of a Struggle Against Starvation Wages and for the Right to Organize

Date Created1926

DescriptionThis book provides a socialist/communist viewpoint of labor unions and strikes in various manufacturing industries throughout northeastern New Jersey. Weisbord describes the poor living and working...