The Periyar Dam was constructed in 1887 in what is now Kerala to divert water from the west-flowing Periyar River through a tunnel into the east-flowing Vaigai River to supply irrigation to the parched Madurai District. The Peranai Regulator was built across the Vagai in 1897 to supply canal irrigation to over 50,000 hectares in what is now Madu...
Created:
1900 - 1947
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
View of Mount Sinai Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota. After World War II, the idea for a Jewish hospital began circulating as Jewish community members expressed the desire for a hospital in the Twin Cities that would admit minorities on its staff. Mount Sinai Hospital was the first non-sectarian hospital in the state. Opened in 1951 in South Min...
Created:
1985
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Side view facing West of Mount Zion Temple synagogue at 1300 Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is one of the last projects designed by the internationally renowned Bauhaus architect Erich Mendelsohn, who incidentally died during its construction. The building was dedicated in 1954. A previous building was located at Holly Avenue and Avon ...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Frontal view of a new addition to Temple Israel synagogue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The addition was constructed in 1987 and added a new entrance on the parking lot, a 250 seat theater, meeting rooms, offices, and elevators to make the temple handicapped-accessible.
Created:
1987
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
This photograph is part of a series created by Hugo Skrastins documenting his voyage from Bremerhaven in Germany to New York City aboard a displaced persons transport ship in 1950. Hugo Skrastins spent the previous years in the Displaced Persons camp at Meersbeck, Germany, before he departed from Bremerhaven on July 16, 1950, aboard the USAT Gen...
Creator:
Skrastins, Hugo
Created:
1950-07-16 - 1950-07-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
This photograph is part of a series created by Hugo Skrastins documenting his voyage from Bremerhaven in Germany to New York City aboard a displaced persons transport ship in 1950. Hugo Skrastins spent the previous years in the Displaced Persons camp at Meersbeck, Germany, before he departed from Bremerhaven on July 16, 1950, aboard the USAT Gen...
Creator:
Skrastins, Hugo
Created:
1950-07-16 - 1950-07-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The Indian Posts & Telegraphs Department set up this telegraph workshop at Alipore, Calcutta in early 1855 as a repair workshop, and gradually it started production of Telegraph and Telecom equipment. This workshop supplied Telegraph/Telecom materials throughout India (including the territory of Burma prior to 1937). This is one of a set of 45 p...
Created:
1920 - 1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Frontal view of Temple Israel synagogue. On Sept. 1, 1928, Temple Israel members attended the inaugural service of this new synagogue, designed by architect Jack Liebenberg. The Temple's pillared facade on Emerson Avenue, the site of the former community house, reflects Greek influence on early Judaism. The five doors represent the five books of...
Created:
1970-1980
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
