Oral history interview with Helen Kosokoff Feinberg, March 23, 1992.

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Oral history interview with Helen Kosokoff Feinberg, March 23, 1992.

Feinberg discusses her father's immigration to Seattle, her youth, her service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, and her involvement in Hadassah after the war -- primarily as the proprietor of the thrift store, the Nearly New Shop.

Sound recordings: 1 sound cassette : analog, mono.Transcript: 21 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7626027

University of Washington. Libraries

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