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- Notes:
- This photograph shows an assortment of prison camp script and coins from Germany and Austria. All of the denominations are small (one to five Pfennige for German script and one to fifty Heller for Austrian script and coins), but this cash replaced legal currency to prevent prisoners from using the money to fund escape attempts or to bribe guards. The German script came from two prison camps in Saxony, Koenigstein-an-der-Elbe and Chemnitz.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- These prison camp bank note images, from "Der Krieg," provides an overview of German prison camp money (Lagergeld). Prison camp authorities issued script for Allied prisoners of war to make purchases inside prison camps. These authorities wanted to reduce the amount of money POW's used to reduce any opportunities of bribery of guards or to support escape attempts. Examples of script on this page are from Oberhausen (fifty Pfennige) and Merseberg (fifty Pfennige) in Germany, Chemnitz (two Marks) in Saxony, and a five Pfennige note.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of French and Russian prisoners of war at Puchheim enjoy an outdoor luncheon of hot soup outside of their barrack.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The barrack captains in the prison camp at Ruhleben sent out this Christmas-New Year's card, decorated with a holly branch, to other civilian internees inside the facility. The card commemorates their first holiday in the prison camp, in December 1914, and three more holidays would pass before the repatriation of many of these men.
- Date Created:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- British and French prisoners stand at attention during roll call in the prison compound at Wahn. German officers and non-commissioned officers stand in the center of the first row counting the prisoners and addressing sick calls. The prisoners stand in front of their barrack. Maintaining accurate counts of prisoners was critical for security and labor assignments.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Sample post card used by Allied officers at the prison camp at Fuerstenberg in Mecklenburg. Allied POW's could send several of these regulation post cards home every month.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Events. Families going through buffet line at Ingersoll Steel Co. picnic. Client: Ingersoll Steel Co. (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1943-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 18 photos in event - 1312
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- People Working. Three unidentified men loading AN-M26 parachute flare into wooden crate on conveyor belt at Kalamazoo Stove Company during WWII. Client: Kalamazoo Stove Company, Kalamazoo, MI. (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 3 photos in event - 2196-M; see also 1512-M
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- Business Products. Woman wearing towel and headband, stepping out of a shower next to double bed inside Kozy Coach trailer. Bed has chenille bedspread, and flower-patterned curtains adorn windows. Wall lamp and wood paneling also visible. Client: Kozy Coach Company, Kalamazoo, MI. (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1949-05-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 22 photos in event - 3786-K; see also 4692-K
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- Group portrait of five cadets from Western Michigan Flying Service training school in uniform standing in front of a plane.
- Date Created:
- 1943-10-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 56 photos in event - 1374