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231. Helen L. Spaulding, alumni

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Photograph of Helen Spaulding in stewardess uniform. Spaulding graduated from Western Michigan College of Education in 1954 and became a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines, New York, NY.
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Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

232. Walt Disney and children at the Kalamazoo Art Center

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Photograph of Walt Disney kissing a girl on the cheek during his visit to the Kalamazoo Art Center.
Date Created:
1964-09-17T00:00:00Z
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233. Interrogation of a French POW

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German staff officers interrogate a recently captured French prisoner for military intelligence.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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234. Allied Boulevard in the Prison Camp at Muensingen

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In this water color painting, prisoners walk along one of the camp's tree-lined streets (Allied Boulevard) in Muensingen. Several of the POWs are returning from mail call and are reading their letters on the steps of their barracks or as they walk in the street.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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235. Waiting for the Arrival of the Post at Wahn

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Three German soldiers wait by the railroad tracks next to the prison camp at Wahn for the mail to arrive. One can see the prison compound and barracks across the tracks, behind the barbed-wire fence. The train that brings supplies to the camp also carries the facility's mail and parcels.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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236. Muslim POWs Drill at Zossen (Wuensdorf)

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Muslim volunteers practice drilling in marching exercises under the direction of German NCO's in the prison compound at Zossen-Wuensdorf beside the mosque. These men volunteered to fight for the Sultan with the Turkish armies in the East against the British and the Russians.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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237. Easter Card from Doeberitz

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The British prisoners produced this Easter card in 1916 which shows the Doeberitz sailor breaking out of an Easter egg sitting on a nest of made of barbed-wire. The British prisoners in this camp constantly demonstrated an ability to find humor in their situation.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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238. Wash Day at Hammelburg

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French and Belgian dry out their recently washed bed linen outside their barrack at Hammelburg. Two prisoners wring out their linen before hanging the clothing to dry on a wash line. Clean linen eliminated vermin and the threat of an epidemic in the packed barracks.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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239. Women Washing at Holzminden

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Women wash their clothing in tubs outside of their barracks at Holzminden. They are accompanied by their children and a man stands on a ladder, to the right, repairing a window.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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240. Weekly Menu at Giessen

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This is a sample of the weekly menu for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for British prisoners of war at Giessen. The menu not only identifies the food served at each meal, it also includes the weight of each portion in grams. The Germans took a scientific approach to feeding POW's and publicized food allotments to counter Allied propaganda that they were starving Entente prisoners.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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