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Hand, Herman, 1875-1961
Austrian-born composer who immigrated to the United States in 1900. Hand worked as a musician and composer with several orchestras until 1928, when he moved to Hollywood to work as a composer and arranger in the film industry. Between 1928 and his death in 1951, Herman Hand contributed to over ninety film scores, including Howard Hughes' 1942 western, The Outlaw and the Oscar award-winning adventure Lost Horizons (1937).
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Photograph album, Henry Wieking Collection, circa late 1920s-early 1930s, page 14
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Barth, Delbert S.
Delbert Sylvester Barth was born on July 16, 1925, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Delbert married R. Lucille Barth on July 10, 1946, and they had four children: Delbert II, Christopher, Deborah, and Diana.
Barth retired from his position as Rear Admiral at the Nevada Test Site but remained at the United States Public Health Service and the Test Manager’s Advisory Panel.
Barth was director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Research Center in Las Vegas.
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Biographical essay by Sidney Barouch, 2014
Sidney Barouch describes his experience during World War II living in Tunis, Tunisia, which was a French colony. Barouch discusses the facets of the war front in northern Africa, and the experiences of his family as Jews and business owners.
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Restaurant du Grand Hôtel Terminus, lunch menu, March 5
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Royal Caledonian Asylum 87th anniversary festival, menu, Wednesday, June 18, 1902, at Hotel Cecil Grand Hall
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Welcome home dinner to Corporal Arthur R. Jefferyes, menu, Monday, January 20, 1902, at Tivoli Restaurant
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