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  • Tags: 1940's

Date: 1945
A signed and sealed document verifying that Shikrallah Farris changed his name from Shikralla Farris Mouwannes as part of hi naturalization process.
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Date: c. 1945
Caption: "Joseph El-Khouri (second from left) with Father (Rev. Maroun El-Khouri) & Brothers & Sisters in front of their home in Kour, Batroun Lebanon (1945?)". Sister Victorine El-Khouri stands on the far right, but Joe and Sr. Victorine's other…
ElKhouri_Family_1945-A_wm.jpg

Date: c. 1942
This photograph, identified as "Thelma [Knuckley]'s brother," depicts Stephen Joseph Knuckley during his World War II military service.
Zaytoun_Family_Thelmasbrother.jpg

Date: circa 1940s
A portrait photograph of husband Beshara with his wife Serina. Though undated, the image was likely taken in the mid-1940s.
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Date: 1948
A photograph of the Saleh family in 1948 in Lebanon. Left to Right: unidentified family friend, Samir's stepfather, Moussa Domit, and Cecilia Saleh.
saleh_moussa and cecilia with stepfather and family friend_1948_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1940s
A purple-tinted photograph of Noha Nasrallah's grandfather. He is dressed in a fez and a suit.
Nasrallah_1940s_Nohas grandfather.jpg

Date: 1941
A portrait photograph of Helen Saleeby.
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Date: circa 1940
Caption from Trey Matthews: "Victor and Joseph with uncle. This is Victor and Joseph Safy, sons of Joseph and Susie Safy. They are pictured with their uncle Majeed Safy. Majeed is the brother of their mother, Susie."
Victor and Joseph with uncle (Majeed Safy)_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1943
From Trey Matthews: "Joseph Safy, son of George Joseph and Susie Safy. Joseph was killed in action when his plane was shot down over Germany during WWII on 9 Sep 1944. He was interred in Lorraine American Cemetery in France."
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Date: circa 1944
A portrait of George Victor Safy, son of George Joseph and Susie Safy. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken when Victor was a young man, circa 1944.
George Victor Safy_wm.jpg

Date: c. 1945
A photograph of Rev. Joseph Michael Maroun El-Khouri, father of Joe El-Khouri, seated in front of his house. Two unidentified men crouch on the bottom right of the photograph.
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Date: circa 1945
Sister Victorine El-Khouri and cousin in Lebanon.
ElKhouri_Aunt_Sr.jpg

Date: Unknown
A photograph (damaged) of the cedars of Lebanon. The date of the photograph is unknown, but it was likely taken prior to Joseph El-Khouri's immigration to the United States in 1949.
ElKhouri_Cedars_of_Lebanon_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1945
An unidentified young man, likely a friend or relative of Joseph El-Khouri, stands in front of columns at Ba'albek. Ba'albek is a significant archaeological site in Lebanon containing Phoenician ruins.
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Date: circa 1945
Unidentified friends or relatives of Joeseph El-Khouri pose in front of a cedar. Also in the background is a bus and other vehicles. Though location is unidentified, the photograph was perhaps taken during a trip to Ba'albek that Joseph went on with…
ElKhouri_Friends_in_the_Cedars_wm.jpg

Date: 1945
Joseph El-Khouri posing in front of a large cedar in Lebanon.
ElKhouri_Joseph_Maroun_ElKhouri_in_the_Cedars1945_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1945
A group of men posed on outside in Kour, Batroun, Lebanon, identified only as brothers and friends of Joseph El-Khouri.
ElKhouri_Brothers_and_Friends_of_Joseph_ElKhouri_Kour_wm.jpg

Date: 1943
A photograph of nineteen-year-old Joseph El-Khouri (center), sitting between two unidentified young men, likely his brothers or friends.
ElKhouri_Joseph_ElKhouri_Center19_with_Friends_wm.jpg

Date: 1948
Passport photograph for Joseph El-Khouri, 1948.
ElKhouri_Joseph_ElKhouri_Passport_Photo1948_wm.jpg

Date: Unknown
Edward "Pop Charlie" R. Habit Jr's placement on the roster of death provided by Chowan County. He was killed in action (KIA) at 18 years of age in the Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II.

Caption from [source]: “[B. 1926
D. 6.20.44…
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Date: c. 1940
Studio portrait of Salloum Mokarzel, c. 1940.
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