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  • Tags: 1950's

Date: circa 1950s
This regular 8 reel was generously donated by Marsha Shiver who received the movie from her, Joseph El-Khouri. This video includes panoramas of cityscapes in Lebanon, footage from a moving car, scenes of the El-Khouri children, and crowds of…
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Date: circa 1950s
This regular 8 reel was generously donated by Marsha Shiver who received the movie from her, Joseph El-Khouri. The video was taken in Lebanon in the mid-1950s. This video includes scenes of the extended El-Khouri family members, including a group of…
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Date: circa 1950s
This regular 8 reel was generously donated by Marsha Shiver who received the movie from her, Joseph El-Khouri. The video was taken in Lebanon in the mid-1950s. This video includes scenes of the El-Khouri family and their extended relatives,…
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Date: circa 1950s
This regular 8 reel was generously donated by Marsha Shiver who received the movie from her, Joseph El-Khouri. The video was taken in Lebanon in the mid-1950s. This video includes scenes of the El-Khouri family and their extended relatives,…
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oymk1hK3PSc/default.jpg

Date: circa 1950s
This regular 8 reel was generously donated by Marsha Shiver who received the movie from her, Joseph El-Khouri. The video was taken in Lebanon during a family visit back. This video includes scenes of the El-Khouri family and their extended relatives,…
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Date: circa 1950s
This regular 8 reel was generously donated by Marsha Shiver who received the movie from her, Joseph El-Khouri. The video was taken in Lebanon during a family visit back. The beginning of this movie includes scenes from a wedding between two unnamed…
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An article about the difficulty faced by Joseph El-Khouri when he attempted to call his family in Lebanon, likely due to the 1958 Lebanon crisis. (Folder 12-3)
Khouri 12-3 Clipping_wm.tif

Date: circa 1956
An exterior photograph of Jabaley's, the department store in Andrews, North Carolina, belonging to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming it Khouri's. The business remained…
ElKhouri_Jabaley's_Department_Store_AndrewsNC1_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1956
An exterior photograph of Jabaley's, the department store in Andrews, North Carolina, belonging to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming it Khouri's. The business remained…
ElKhouri_Jabaley's_Department_Store_AndrewsNC2_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1956
An interior photograph of Jabaley's, the department store in Andrews, North Carolina, belonging to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming it Khouri's. The business remained…
ElKhouri_Jabaley's_Department_Store_AndrewsNC3_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1956
An interior photograph of Joseph El-Khouri working in Jabaley's Department Store with three unidentified clerks. The store belonged to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming…
ElKhouri_Joseph_ElKhouri_in_Jabaley's_with_Clerks2_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1956
An interior photograph of Joseph El-Khouri working in Jabaley's Department Store with four unidentified clerks. The store belonged to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming it…
ElKhouri_Joseph_ElKhouri_in_Jabaley's_with_Clerks1_wm.jpg

Letter to Joseph Maroun El-Khouri of Andrews, North Carolina from Lebanon postmarked December 17, 1959.
El-Khouri_Letter to Joseph from Lebanon Dec17 1959_1_wm.jpg

Letter to Joseph Maroun El-Khouri of Andrews, North Carolina from Lebanon postmarked December 19, 1957.
El-Khouri_Letter to Joseph from Lebanon Dec19 1957_1_wm.jpg

Letter to Joseph Maroun El-Khouri of Andrews, North Carolina from Lebanon, postmarked December 31, 1957, January 2, 1958, and January 6, 1958.
El-Khouri_Letter to Joseph from Lebanon Jan6 1958_1_wm.jpg

A series of letters between Joseph El-Khouri and others written February 1953 concerning a bond which he executed in the case of Youssef El-Khouri. (Folder 7-1)
Khouri 7-1 Letters_wm.pdf

Yemna Mokarzel's library card for the U. S. I. S. library in Beirut, Lebanon. The card was put in care of Dr. Eugene Szegoe, relative of the Mokarzels. (Folder 2-1-3-27)
Mokarzel 2-1-3-27 Library_wm.jpg

A card full of well wishes from the Jabaley's department store staff to Youssif (Joseph El-Khouri), the boss (Folder 1-20).
Khouri 1-20 Card_wm.pdf

Date: July 1959
A photo of ladies at Mrs. Malik's tea party. Mary Mokarzel hosted the tea party for Eva Malik in her New York apartment. Mary is standing third from the left in the front row. (Folder 2-1-5-8)
Mokarzel 2-1-5-7 Yemna_wm.jpg

Date: July 7, 1950
A photo of people gathered at a cocktail party in the Al-Hoda Press building. The caption on the back reads "Cocktail Party...for C. Macari (Prominent in Mexico)...in Papa's [building]." (Folder 2-1-5-17)
Mokarzel 2-1-5-17 Cocktail_wm.jpg

Date: June 1955
A photo of Mary Mokarzel (left) with Albert Rihani (center) and an unidentified man in front of Salloum Mokarzel's coffin. Mary made this trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. (Folder 2-1-4-1)
Mokarzel 2-1-4-1 Funeral_wm.jpg

Black and white photograph of Joseph El-Khouri (or Khoury) and Rose Isaac at their wedding in 1950 (Folder 2-3).
Khouri 2-3 Photo_wm.tif

The envelope of a letter to Joseph Maroun El-Khouri from Albert G. Jacob postmarked September 13, 1957. In the packet of mostly Arabic letters received from Marsha El-Khouri Shiver this envelope was empty and there was one letter without an envelope.…
El-Khouri_Envelope to Joseph from Lebanon Sep13 1957_1_wm.jpg

September 1953 edition of the Maronite periodical "The Maronite Review" (Folder 11-6)
Khouri 11-6 Periodical_wm.pdf

Date: Unknown
Caption from Marsha El-Khouri Shiver: "Sithoo Moura & Photo of Giddoo." Moura Isaac posing beneath a portrait of her deceased husband, Thanios Isaac. Thanios passed away in 1939. Though the photograph is undated, it was likely taken in the early to…
ElKhouri_Moura_Isaac_and_photo_of_Husband_Thanios_wm.jpg
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