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One Foot in America: The Jewish Emigrants of the Red Star Line and Eugeen Van Mieghem


(left) Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930),
Jewish Emigrants Embarking on a Red Star
Line Ship (c 1912), detail

(right) Poster 1899, design by Henri Cassiers,
[collection Museum Vleeshuis, Sound of the City].


The Constantiner Gallery at the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street - between Fifth and Sixth Avenues - New York City


 About the Exhibition

On loan from the new Red Star Line / People on the Move Museum, which will open in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2012, this exhibit tells the story of the Red Star shipping line, focusing on the lives of emigrants--the reasons they fled, their arrival in Antwerp and their experience with the city's Jewish community, their living conditions onboard the ships, and their hopes and dreams. The exhibit also features the Flemish artist and Antwerp native Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930), whose work depicts the emigrants and the life of the port.

Extended through April 30, 2010.

For more information, visit:
www.redstarline.be
www.vanmieghemmuseum.com

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