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Kálmán Magyar was born in Kiksunhalas on January 24, 1945. This city is in Southern Hungary. Rumor has It that the evening he was born the city was bombed. First the Soviet planes dropped torches – the so called “Stálin’s candles”, followed by a…

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Püski könyvesbolt és kiadó: Hungarian bookstore and publisher on East 82nd Street on the corner with Second Avenue. Closed in 1998.

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Window-shop of 'Tibor Hentes - Specialities Pork Store', a Hungarian butcher in the Hungarian neighborhood in Yorkville somewhere on Second Avenue.

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The Hungarian Meat Market in Yorkville. Sign on the side says: "Valódi Magyar Hentes" (genuine Hungarian butcher) and on the front: "YORKVILLE *ACK[IN]G HOUSE INC. B***E & SONS S[A]LAMI CORP."1560 Second Avenue, Yorkville, New York City.

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Kálmán Magyar was born in Kiskunhalas on January 24, 1945. This city is in Southern Hungary. Rumor has It that the evening he was born the city was bombed. First the Soviet planes dropped torches – the so called “Stálin’s candles”, followed by a…

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Photo of Count István Bethlen [signed] ‘927 [1927] [ed.] V/10 [Front: AHLHS_P.001.1] Backside (AHLHS_P.001.2): “Pelényi’ Collection Other text: 5 6098 [circled] 3/6-11 1.95 Vrd (?) Count István Reference: Bethlen de Bethlen (8 October 1874,…

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Photo of Széchenyi László [signed], “Washington, 1923 Karácsony”Count László Széchenyi de Sárvár-felsővidék (18 February 1879 – 5 July 1938) was an Austro Hungarian military officer, Imperial Chamberlain, diplomat and venture capitalist. His…

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Photo of Franklin Delano Roosevelt sitting at his desk signing papers. Dedication [handwritten]: “for John Pelenyi from his old friend [hand signed] Franklin D Roosevelt”

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Photo of Tibor Eckhardt. Dedication [on torn matting, hand written]: “To Zsuzska and John Pelényi in friendly remembrance [signed] Tibor Eckhardt” Reference: Pál Teleki, Prime Minister at the time, sent Tibor Eckhardt, a high ranking Smallholders…

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Photo of John [János] Pelényi in front of Legation on 18th Street in Washington D.C. [small format] Backside: “Gift of Sue [presumably Sue Pelenyi] 18th Street Legation” [hand written] Reference [New York Times Obituary]

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Photo of HH Bandholtz, Major General, US Army dedicated “To John Pelényi, … friendship of [signed] HH Bandholtz Major General U.S. Army” [hand written], [Front: AHLHS_P.006.1]Backside [AHLHS_P.006.2]: Label of framing shop in Washington D.C.…

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Photo of Philip de László, ca. 1920-30, Anonymous Photograph, Lent by Pelényi Collection, painting portrait of Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi [wife of László Széchenyi] Additional photo of Portrait of Gladys Vanderbilt displayed at The Breakers in…

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Photo depicting man in uniform Signed [illegible] … IX. 6 [presumably 1906(?)]

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Pelényi in front of Legation in Washington DC [large format, same as AHLHS_P.005].Backside [AHLHS_009.2] - Hand written notation: “(Pelényi János 1885-1974”

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Photo (portrait) of Cordell Hull Dedicated “To Minister John Pelenyi with highest esteem [signed] Cordell Hull” [hand written] Reference:Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee best known as the…

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Print [presumably from a catalogue] of Count Apponyi Albert signed and dedicated [presumably to Pelényi] by his wife. Portrait by Philip de László, early 1930s. Dedication: “Régi őszinte barátság emlékére [signed ]Apponyi…

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Photo of unknown official in traditional Hungarian formal wear Photo by: [illegible, cut off]

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Photo likely to depict Pelényi and wife in Sopron, Hungary Backside [AHLHS_P.013.2]: Hand written annotation: “Csendes villámban tea után, Sopronban”

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Photo of a memorial for István Széchenyi [Text visible on photo]: "SZÉCHENYI EMKLÉKÉNEK A MAGYAR MÉRNÖK ÉS ÉPITÉSZ EGYLET MDCCCLXXX?"

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A Magyar Cserkészszövetség csapatai Bajorföldön és szomszédos Ausztria Amerikai Övezetében 1948 végén
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