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- German non-commissioned officers, guards, and Russian prisoners congregate on a street in the prison camp at Aschaffenburg in Bavaria. Prisoners lived in wooden barracks, which they decorated with flower boxes under the windows. Note the child to the extreme right of the photograph, possibly a visitor to the camp.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Two Allied officers enter the entrance to the prison building at Wiesa bei Annaberg, a facility located in the Erzbirge in Saxony. The walkways are well tended with flowers and the YMCA constructed a chapel for Allied POW's at Wiesa.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Exterior view of the Russian church constructed by the prisoners at Frankfurt-an-der Oder. Craftsman produced ornate doors for the church and prisoners planted trees in front of the building. Many of the Russian POW's were devout Orthodox Christians.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The Ruhleben Horticultural Society constructed a greehouse on the grounds of the prison camp at Ruhleben so its members could continue to cultivate a wide range of flowers during the winter months.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- The Garden Club of Greater Lansing collection features items collected from Garden Club members including the club constitution, officer lists, histories, newsletters, newspaper clippings, directories, yearbooks, meeting minutes, annual reports, committeee reports, budgets, flower show programs, scrapbooks, photographs, and awards. The collection documents the work of the Garden Club from its beginnings in 1931, including various civic improvement and community projects such as the Scott Sunken Gardens and the Michigan State University Children's Garden. From an undated, early copy of the club constitution and by-laws: "The object of the club shall be to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening among amateurs; to aid in the protection of native trees, plants and birds; and to encourage civic planting."
- Date Created:
- [1931 TO 2016]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Description:
- Microwaving dried flowers tip sheet produced by the Greater Lansing Garden Club.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Garden Club of Greater Lansing Collection
- Notes:
- Katherine Rice in her garden on Kent Hills Drive, spraying insecticide on flowers with a garden hose attachment.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
