Louis Bou-Sarhal Immigration Record

Permission of travel document issued on May 3, 1920. The front of the document states that Louis Bou-Sarhal was 21, a resident of Hammana, Lebanon, was travelling to the United States, and that his father's name was Boutros Bou-Surrhal. The back lists that he was accompanied by his wife, Alice, who was 20 years old. A black and white photograph of the two of them, dressed in western-style clothing, is included on the bottom right of the document. This document was valid for one year. It includes a number of stamps indicating the places that the Bou-Sourhal couple passed through on their journey. One of these stamps includes approval from Frederic Bird of the American Consulate in Beirut.

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

L'Administrateur Militaire

Military administrator

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Hammana, Lebanon

Permis du Voyage valable pour un an

Permisson of travel valid for one year