Kan family in US postwar: high school graduation
Creator(s)
- Robert F. Kan (Subject)
- Robert F. Kan
- Ms. Betsy Klein
Biographical History
Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor.
Scope and Content
Betsy and her boyfriend walking, both with cigarettes. Betsy, her boyfriend, Jeanne, and an older women (young man's mother?) in front of a large building on the day of Betsy's graduation. Jeanne and the other woman with Frits and another man (young man's father?). Women in caps and gowns holding diplomas and flowers exiting a building. People lining the staircase watch the procession. Betsy in cap and gown during the procession and afterwards with her classmates. 01:01:25 Jeanne, Betsy, and her fiancé pose for the camera. 01:01:33 Airplane on runway, people disembark from the plane. 01:01:55 Jeanne.01:01:58 Crowd in front of a large building. Students in caps and gowns exit the building in BG. 01:02:03 Robert poses with cap, gown, and diploma. Jeanne walks up from behind him wearing a hat and sunglasses. Façade of the building, camera pans up "Forest Hills High School" on belfry. [Forest Hills High School is near Queens, NY.]
Note(s)
Date unknown.
Subjects
- JEWS
- FAMILIES
- CEREMONIES
- POSTWAR
- AIRPLANES
- SCHOOLS
Places
- New York, NY, United States
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film