"Welcome to U.S.A.!"

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Atlantic Ocean, July 2, 1949. This is the last newletter the General Howze issued prior to docking in New York City. My friend Kris's Uncle Al did the artwork and hand lettering for the piece.

Thanks to Kris for making this document available to us.

Identification

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Near Schweinfurt, Germany, February 26, 1949. Dad received this card shortly before he emigrated to the United States.

Immigration

The New Zealand National Film Unit presents a 1949 piece about Displaced Persons.

Permitted

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Brooklyn, New York, 1949 to 1952. Here's the ID card my paternal Grandmother Tatjana used when she traveled between Toronto and New York.

Exchanging Portraits (Part 58)

Seligenstadt, Germany, about 1949. My Mom's friend has a passport photo, and she is ready to emigrate.

Anniversary of the Later Deportations

March 25, 1949.

Here's an (English-language) account of the 1941 deportations. More here.

Exchanging Portraits (Part 57)

Probably Seligenstadt, Germany, 1949. A friend of Mr. Irene's Dad passed along this memento before the friend sailed to the United States.

Snapshot from a Sunday

Schweinfurt, Germany, 1949. Here's an image from the same passeggiata. A fashionable group!

A Young Immigrant

Seligenstadt, Germany, about 1949. Here's the passport photo of my Mom's goddaughter. Her mother wrote, "This is the photo we had taken to include with her documents."

Nice, smocked sweater!

Travel Clothes

Unknown Location, about 1949. My Dad's friend Casey sent this vacation memento.

Related by Marriage: Off to Work

Chicago, Illinois, 1949. Mr. Irene's maternal Grandfather, Stanley, drives the new 1949 Plymouth.

A Memento from Camp

Bremen-Vegesack, Germany, April 6, 1949. My Grandfather Jake's former colleague wrote, "For our dearest Jake, from our family, at Camp 'Grohn'."

City Tour

Vienna, Austria, about 1949. My Dad's friend Casey visits Maria-Theresien-Platz.

November Coats

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, about 1949. The women are dressed for the colder weather. Toronto Al's Dad, Vladas, is on the far right. (Additional photos from this day appeared here and here.)

Thanks to Toronto Al for making this photo available to us.

ADDED: My Toronto Cousin reports that the other man is Vladas's Dad.

Sunday Table

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, about 1949. Toronto Al's Parents finish an afternoon party with friends.

Thanks to Toronto Al for making this photo available to us.

Platform Shoes

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, about 1949 or 1950. My Dad's twin sister, Jonė, entertains friends in the backyard.

Thanks to my Toronto Cousin for making this photo available to us.

"At a Beautiful Fountain"

Chicago, Illinois, about 1949. That's how friends of my maternal Grandfather, Jake, captioned this photo when they sent it to Jake as a memento of their visit to Buckingham Fountain.

A Weekend in the Reeds

 Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, about 1949. Toronto Al's Dad, Vladas, considers the turn.

Thanks to Vladas's son—Toronto Al—for making this photo available to us.

Pose here.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1949 or 1950. My Dad's twin sister, Jonė, and her husband, Kadis, set up another shot during the tulip outing.

The menfolk appreciate the tulips, too.

 
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1949 or 1950. Kadis—the husband of my Dad's twin sister, Jonė—and others join the women in the enjoyment of the tulips.