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2311. Man and woman in cart with team of hogs at Kalamazoo County Fair

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Events. Woman and man wearing cowboy hat seated on cart pulled by a team of hogs at the Kalamazoo County Fair. Pigs hitched to cart. Client: Clyde Whitcomb (Photographic Negative)
Date Created:
1972-08-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
4 b&w and 2 color photos, one note in event - 11005

2312. Portrait of young woman

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People - Daily Life. Portrait of unidentified woman. Client: H. Winslow (Photographic Negative)
Date Created:
1939-04-22T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
4 photos and 4 proofs in event - 77

2313. Donation, 1222 August, to Abbaye-Aux Dames

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Housed in a modern, pink mat frame (443 x 323 mm); visible on one side only; remnant of a green wax seal appended to the parchment tag., Twelfth-century, French donation by Georgia, daughter of Henri de Columbirs and former wife of Hugh de Lonchamp, of the rent of ten Tournai sous, to the church and convent of the Holy Trinity in Caen to be used to maintain a perpetually burning lamp before the altar of St. Lawrence on St. Lawrence day., flourishing, protogothic documentary script, and Produced at the Abbey of-aux Dames (Cottineau 1:553) and dated August 1222 in the document. The Benedictine Abbaye-aux Dames of St. Trinité in Caen, Normandy, was founded c. 1066 by Queen Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, who is buried there. An inscription on the plica in a later hand: "1222 donation a la chapelle de St laurent dans l'abbaye de Ste Trïnite," translation: "1222 Gift to the chapel of St. Lawrence in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity." On dorse: inscription in a hybrida hand (fifteenth-sixteenth century) indicates that the family home was later still known as Calumbiers (Coulombiers); possible scribal signature; six-line inscription in French summarizing the document. Acquired from the collection of E. H. Dring and purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from the Mackus Company, Fairlawn, Ohio May 8, 2000. Acquisition record in "Mackus Company" folder.
Date Created:
1222-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2314. Bundesschein 1 Mark [side two]

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Back of 1 Mark polychrome German note. Print image of a man pouring papers with text onto a crowd; on the pages is written: "Abwarten, Ruhe Bewaren," R.V.G. § 25,28,63,64,94," and "Gute Aussichten;" to the left of the image is written: "Verspraken ward uns bannig veel" and to the right of the image is written: "Doch hollen man en lütten deel;" the two boxes of text are written in Plattdeutsch.
Date Created:
1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
World War II Propaganda Collections

2315. Trivandrum

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NC 43-16, Edition 2; Inset of Trivandrum on verso, India and Pakistan 1:250,000, and Series (Standard map series designation system) ; AMS U502
Date Created:
1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
South Asia Maps

2316. A Persian Seyéd or Lineal Descendant of Mohammed

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This descendant of Mohammed is wearing a caba (Shoberl 1845, p. 34) or qaba (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 10), cinched with a green belt holding prayer beads, covered with the cloak-like outer garment called the aba (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 11). On his head he wears wears a green turban and carries a walking stick. As typical of men in this region, he wears a full beard and mustache.
Date Created:
1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Costume History Collection

2317. Officer of the Guards

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P. 42 "They have charge of the king's person, receive greater pay and are clothed in a more expensive manner than the regular cavalry.  The flower of this corps is formed into a body of about four thousand, who are distinguished by the excessive richness of their dress and the insolence of their behavior."
Date Created:
1845-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Costume History Collection

2318. Ellis Walker, health services, undated portrait

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Portrait of Ellis J. Walker, Ph.B., R.N., Director of Health Services, 1927-1946.
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2319. Administration Building and Training School, Western State Normal School

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Front of Administration Building with Gymnasium addition and the Training School featuring porticoes and freestanding iconic columns. View looking South. Designed by Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was WMU's first building, opening in 1905. Together with the additions, it was also known as the Education Building and by 1967 as East Hall. In July 2015, it was renamed again as Heritage Hall, the home of the WMU Alumni Center.
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Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2320. East Hall portico detail from below, Western Michigan University

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East Hall columns, pediment and block cornice from below, East Campus, Western Michigan University.
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection