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    <eadid>us-005544-usa_ajdc_photo_collection</eadid>
    <filedesc>
      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper>Photo Collection.</titleproper>
      </titlestmt>
      <publicationstmt>
        <publisher>American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee</publisher>
        <address>
          <addressline>711 Third Ave, 10th Floor</addressline>
          <addressline>NY 10017</addressline>
          <addressline>New York</addressline>
          <addressline>New York</addressline>
          <addressline>US</addressline>
          <addressline>2128850845</addressline>
          <addressline>http://archives.jdc.org/</addressline>
          <addressline>archives@jdc.org</addressline>
          <addressline>United States</addressline>
        </address>
      </publicationstmt>
      <notestmt>
        <note>
          <p>This encoded description is derived from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution but may differ in structure and/or content from its source. The collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.</p>
        </note>
      </notestmt>
    </filedesc>
    <profiledesc>
      <creation>This file was exported automatically from the EHRI database administration tool and represents a work-in-progress.
        <date normal="20210102">2021-01-02T18:55:12.020Z</date>
      </creation>
      <langusage>
        <language langcode="eng">English</language>
      </langusage>
    </profiledesc>
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    <did>
      <unitid>USA / AJDC / Photo Collection</unitid>
      <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Photo Collection.</unittitle>
      <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">Over 100,000 photographs.</physdesc>
      <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">ca. 1940s-1970s</unitdate>
      <repository>
        <corpname>American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee</corpname>
      </repository>
    </did>
    <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
      <p><![CDATA[The Photo Collection of the JDC contains a couple of hundred of images relevant to the history of the Jewish communities of Belgium. Searching the Photographs database on keywords such as ‘Belgium’, ‘Brussels’ and ‘Antwerp’ nets over 370 results at the time of writing. These images especially depict scenes in the children’s homes, supported by the JDC, including many portraits of children and home personnel, children’s activities, etc. Apart from daily life in the homes (at the end of the 1940s), we also note some photos of refugees, of the MS St. Louis, of the refugee camp in Merksplas, …]]></p>
    </scopecontent>
    <otherfindaid encodinganalog="3.4.5">
      <p><![CDATA[A significant part of the Photo Collection is made accessible via the Photograph database, available online at http://archives.jdc.org/archives-search/ .]]></p>
    </otherfindaid>
    <controlaccess>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="304">refugees</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="824">children</subject>
      <subject>charity</subject>
    </controlaccess>
  </archdesc>
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