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Sheraton Hotel Public Relations Schildkraut Receives Brandeis Award

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.02 Author/Creator: Sheraton Hotel Public Relations Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by the Sheraton Hotel Public Relations office dated 1956. Shows Susan Brandeis presenting a special citation in memory of Justice Louis Brandeis to Joseph Schildkraut. The citation is in recognition of Schildkraut's contribution to American theater.

Brandeis, Susan, 1893-1975
Brandeis, Louis, 1856-1941
Schildkraut, Joseph, 1896-1964

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