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- Description:
- Reprint No. 229 from a Supplement to the 1885 Annual Report of the Michigan State Board of Health. Report read at a Sanitary Convention at Lansing, Michigan, March 26, 1885. Morris Collection Series 2 Item 64.
- Date Created:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Morris Ingham County History Collection
- Description:
- A souvenir showing an engraving of the Michigan School for the blind, plus a paragraph of text in Braille followed by the same text in Line-Letter Print. No date. Morris Collection Series 5 Item 216.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Morris Ingham County History Collection
- Notes:
- French prisoners of war participate in some "spring cleaning" at Giessen. They are cleaning their tables and chairs in the prison compound to maintain strict sanitary codes.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This drawing shows French and French Arab prisoners of war standing in the rain in the prison compound at Langensalza. They are wearing blankets while they wait for their uniforms to be disinfected. Most are wearing wooden shoes due to the lack fof leather in Germany during the war. After several epidemics, the Germans took strict measures to prevent the transmission of disease, especially if there was any suspicion of a potential outbreak.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This table indicates the articles of clothing distributed to Allied prisoners of war in the German prison camp at Germersheim between April 1915 and March 1918. The list provides an overview of the caps, scarves, jackets, pants, shirts, underwear, wash rags, boots, Oxford shoes, wooden shoes, coats, gloves, and socks provided by the Germans during the war.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The medical staff at Wieselburg lined up outside of the hospital ward for this photograph. The staff includes both Austrian and Russian doctors, orderlies, and sanitary personnel. Health care was a critical priority in prison camps since the outbreak of an epidemic would have devastating consequences for the POW population.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners of war work under the supervision of a German non-commissioned officer folding and stacking linen in a storeroom at Giessen. Clean bed linen helped reduce vermin infestation and promoted healthier standards in the camp.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Food conditions were harsh for Russian prisoners of war in German prison camps who did not receive food parcels from home. This drawing depicts two Russian POW's scrounging in used ration pots, which contain rejected food, for scraps to supplement their daily rations. These pots contained garbage from the barracks and well supplied British and French prisoners often threw out many of their German rations.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of barbers cut hair and shave prisoners in the barber shop in Bautzen. A French prisoner, to the left, is about to leave. Keeping hair short reduced the chance of lice and improved the general health standards of prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Description:
- A souvenir showing an engraving of the Michigan School for the blind, plus a paragraph of text in Braille followed by the same text in Line-Letter Print. No date. Morris Collection Series 5 Item 216.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Morris Ingham County History Collection
