Identification card

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: March 24, 1943 (indexed as 1943)
Level: item
Scope & content: 1 rectangle, double-sided. Square b&w photograph of Meilach Magid affixed at centre left, recto. Printed form with personal characteristics typed in, signature of Vice Consul of U.S.A. in blue ink; illegible annotations added in pencil. On verso, Signed by Canadian Immigration Officer. Narrative: The donors parents were Meilach Magid and Yocheved Bejlach, both teachers. They came to Canada in 1921, returned to Poland, and then settled in Canada in 1924. Meilach was born in Knyszyn, Poland in 1894. He graduated from McGill in 1929. He was the principal of United Talmud Torah School and later founded Herzliah High School in 1946.
In the picture: Document Eyeglasses Identity Card Man Montreal Portrait Printed Signature Suit TypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Extent: Identification card : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink; Graphite Pencil : White, Green, Black, Red, Grey, Blue ; Ht: 7,5 cm x W: 12,5 cm
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Text in the image: NONRESIDENT ALIEN'S BORDER CROSSING IDENTIFICATION CARDUNITED STATES OF AMERICATHIS IDENTIFICATION CARD IS VALID FOR ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF ISSUE BUT MAY BE CANCELED AT ANY TIME. NO SINGLE VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES MAY EXCEED 29 DAYS.CanadianKnyshin, GrodnoPoland(DATE)CONSUL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAMontreal, P.Q.DATEMARKS OF IDENTIFICATIONKayshin, GrodnoNAMEMAGID, MellachCITIZENSHIPDec 4, 1894BIRTHPLACENilACCOMPANIED BYViceMarch 24,1943.U. S. IMMIGRATION OFFICER.(SIGNATURE OF BEARER)HEIGHT 5-9COLOR WhiteEYES brownHAIR brownNo 4678Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: English
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