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2101. Western Michigan Flying Service, three mechanics working on airplane engine and propeller

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Three mechanics from Western Michigan Flying Service training school repairing the Franklin engine of a Piper J-3 plane. From left to right: Gordon Boyer, Allen Case, and Ray Bacus.
Date Created:
1943-10-12T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
2 photos in event - 1375

2102. Gutschein der Stadt Buer, Eine Billion Mark (1000 Milliarden Mark) [side two]

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Back of 1 trillion Marks German note. No image or text on this side of the bill. Because money was printed so fast, there was no time to print the back; often blank backs were later used to print propaganda messages.
Date Created:
1923-10-23T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
World War II Propaganda Collections

2103. Daulat Yar

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I-41 L, First Edition, Afghanistan 1:253,440, Series (Standard map series designation system) ; AMS U511, and GSGS (Series) ; 3919
Date Created:
1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
South Asia Maps

2104. Manual Arts Building, back, Western Michigan University

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South side of the Manual Arts Building. Photograph includes part of the Annex on the right.
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2105. Nuremberg Chronicle leaf

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From the "Nüremburg Chronicle". It was printed in Nüremburg by Anton Koberger in 1493. The "Nüremburg Chronicle" contained over 300 leaves and about 1,900 woodcuts. The type is a modified Gothic that was commonly used with the Nüremburg printers. This ambitious publishing feat is known as the Picture Book of the Fifteenth Century. The recto side of the leaf is marked CCXXII in the upper right hand corner; the verso side is unmarked.
Date Created:
1493-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Pages from the Past

2106. Leaf from "The Works of Virgil"

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This leaf is from "The Works of Virgil". It is in Latin and was printed by Andrew Foulis. This book has the imprint: Glasuuae; In Aedibu Academics; Excudebat Andreas Foulis, Academiae Typhographus, MDCCLXXVIII. The recto side has no page number while the verso side is marked as page number 4.
Date Created:
1778-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Pages from the Past

2107. Three open containers with unidentified materials, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Unidentified materials, possibly pharmaceutical products, in three open containers at the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Date Created:
1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2108. Mac-Sim-Bar Paper Company and new stack, Otsego, Michigan

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Exterior of Mac Sim Bar Paper Company in Otsego, Michigan, featuring the new 180 foot stack at the paper mill. Emerging from two boilers, the smokestack was constructed of steel and installed the previous week. There are two men atop the stack and a flag. In the foreground are shipping materials strewn next railroad tracks. The paper company was named for Minet B. McClellan, Samuel W. Simpson, and George E. Bardeen.
Date Created:
1909-10-31T00:00:00Z
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2109. Dorrington, Edward J.

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Transient application card documenting relief requests and authorizations to the destitute by Transient Bureau of Kalamazoo County, under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, May 1933 - June 1943.
Date Created:
1934-06-08T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Transient Bureau Case Files, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Collection, 1934-1970, A-285 (RG 56-20A) and Kalamazoo Transient Bureau Case Files Collection

2110. Metke, Gus F.

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Transient application card documenting relief requests and authorizations to the destitute by Transient Bureau of Kalamazoo County, under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, May 1933 - June 1943.
Date Created:
1934-07-27T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Transient Bureau Case Files, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Collection, 1934-1970, A-285 (RG 56-20A) and Kalamazoo Transient Bureau Case Files Collection