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B+W photo of of Dutch sculptor Lea Halpern arriving in Hoboken on S.S. Rotterdam of Holland America line, Dec. 2, 1939.
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Black-and-white photograph of Dutch sculptor Lea Halpern arriving in Hoboken on S.S. Rotterdam of Holland America line, December 2, 1939.
7" x 9" high print. Press photograph taken by Acme Newspictures, N.Y. Inkstamp on reverse plus mimeographed caption; dated file inkstamp: REF. DEPT 12-3 39 N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association.] Ink notation on front lower border: 532114
Text:
532114
DUTCH SCULPTRESS ARRIVES IN U.S.
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Miss Lea Halpern, Dutch sculptress, talking with reporters as she arrived at Hoboken, N.J., on the Holland-America liner Rotterdam, Dec. 2. Among its passengers, the ship carried nine hundred Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria.
CREDIT LINE (ACME) 12-2-39 (CT) NY PH STL
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World War II was underway in Europe. She was here for an exhibition and had planned to return to Europe, but the war prevented it. She effectively became a refugee herself and settled in the United States. See notes.
See related photo of refugee boy that was one of the nine hundred refugees, 2015.001.0014
2015.001.0013
2015.001
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Acme Newspictures
1939
Hoboken
7 in
9 in
Notes: Lea Henie Halpern (1901-1985) Text excerpted from: http://www.dutchceramics.nl/halpern/leah.htm In 1939 Lea Halpern was offered a show at Holland House in Rockefeller Center, which she accepted. She was so concerned about shipping her works that she sailed with the collection on the liner S.S. Rotterdam. She planned to return home, but the outbreak of the war made it impossible. Lea Halpern decided to live in the United States permanently, married to Lincoln Newfield and settled outside of Baltimore, where she continued to work until 1976/80. Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2015-02-06
