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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use for: European War, 1939-1945 ; Second World War, 1939-1945 ; World War 2, 1939-1945 ; World War II, 1939-1945 ; World War Two, 1939-1945 ; WW II (World War, 1939-1945) ; WWII (World War, 1939-1945)

Found in 337 Collections and/or Records:

Lowenstein Family Papers and Art

 Collection
Identifier: B333
Abstract Ernst Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] was born in Berlin, Germany in 1925 to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. To escape Nazi brutality, he was sent on the Kindertransport to England in 1939. His parents, Dr. Max and Maria Loewenstein, and his half-sister, Karin Steinberg, remained in Berlin during World War II. Shortly after the war the family emigrated to the United States to avoid persecution. Materials in this collection include legal documents and correspondence,...
Dates: 1848-2014; Majority of material found within 1939-1948

Luby Family and Luby Chevrolet Records

 Collection
Identifier: B365
Abstract Luby Chevrolet, one of Colorado's oldest car dealerships, was started in 1920 in Denver, Colorado by Sam Luby, later joined by brothers Louis and Henry Luby. Joe Luby, who had worked at Luby Chevrolet from the bottom up, bought out his brothers in 1956. "Papa Joe" moved the dealership to Colorado in 1972. Joe Luby's daughter JoAnn and her husband Richard Fleischman purchased the Luby Chevrolet dealership in 1992. They sold the business in 1998, but Richard Fleischman stayed on...
Dates: 1924-2004

Machine gunners Borisova and Savelev--frid03265, 1943

 Item
Identifier: frid03265
Abstract

Two machine gunners, Sergeant F. P. Borisova and Junior Sergeant N. A. Savelev firing machine-guns.

Dates: 1943

Man Helping with Combing, c. 1940s

 Item
Identifier: M456.02.0004.0046
Abstract

A pen and ink rendering of a barber at work on a man lying down, with another man watching in the background.

Dates: c. 1940s

Man in a Field, 1943-1949

 Item
Identifier: M272.01.0005.0002.00006
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a man standing in a field, holding a coat in his arms. Perhaps Edwin Sears.

Dates: 1943-1949

Man in Foxhole Reading, 1945 March 10

 Item
Identifier: M456.02.0004.0035
Abstract

Image depicts a man in a foxhole reading.

Dates: 1945 March 10

Man on Crutches, c. 1940s

 Item
Identifier: M456.02.0004.0047
Abstract

A pen and ink portrait of a man standing with the aid of crutches while reading.

Dates: c. 1940s

Man Standing Outside of Truman Hall in Berlin, Germany, 1943-1949

 Item
Identifier: M272.01.0005.0001.00003
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a man standing outside of Truman Hall at the Office of Military Government of the U.S. ("OMGUS") in Berlin, Germany. Context unknown, subject unknown.

Dates: 1943-1949

Man with Dog, 1943-1949

 Item
Identifier: M272.01.0005.0002.00011
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a man kneeling on the ground of a fenced in yard, holding a small dog in his arms. Includes two inscriptions on the reverse: "This one is especially nice" and "It's alive ain't I a scream eh!"

Dates: 1943-1949

Man Writing a Letter, Hopefully for Home, 1945 February 24

 Item
Identifier: M456.02.0004.0033
Abstract

A pencil on paper drawing of a soldier sitting at the opening of a tent writing a letter back home following a battle.

Dates: 1945 February 24