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2841. Western State Normal School on Normal Hill, Kalamazoo

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View of Western State Normal School on the top of Prospect Hill in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The view includes the Training School, the Administration Building with attached gymnasium and annex, and the Library building. The photograph appeared in the 1929 Brown and Gold yearbook.
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2842. Administration Building and Training school porticoes in winter, Western Michigan University

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Porticoes of the Administration Building and the Training School in winter on East Campus of Western Michigan University. View looking south.
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2843. Manual Arts classroom with students, Western State Normal School

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Photograph of a classroom or workshop in the Manual Arts Building. View features studentds working at tables with woodworking tools.
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2844. Leaf from a French Missal

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A leaf from a French Missal; it was published Paris, 1858. This facsimile borders are reproductions of a Fifteenth Century Book of Hours, and are from J. Claye's press. The Recto side is marked as page 239 and the verso side is marked as 540.
Date Created:
1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:
Pages from the Past

2845. Men, women, and children standing in unidentified farm field, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

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A multi-generational family or families standing with three horses in field in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The crop is unidentified but may be mint. One horse is pulling a plow or cultivator.
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2846. Studio portrait of a fireman standing with horn, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Studio portrait of a Kalamazoo fireman holding a ceremonial presentation horn taken in the photography studio of W. S. White at 166 Main Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The fireman wears a shirt with a scarf or cravat and short fitted trousers with stockings. The belt appears to have insignia or badge. Presentation horns were awarded to firefighters in honor of their service, or between fire companies during visits, competitions, and musters. Working fire horns (or speaking trumpets) were used by engineers and officers to amplify their voices at a fire scene to direct the company in effectively fighting the blaze.
Date Created:
[1873 TO 1878]
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2847. Anderson, Earl E.

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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:
1934-10-18T00:00:00Z
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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

2848. Melke, Mike 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:
1934-08-31T00:00:00Z
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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

2849. Ward, Homer

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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:
1940-04-29T00:00:00Z
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

2850. British POWs at Courtrai

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A group of British and French prisoners pose for a photograph at a prisoner collection center in Courtrai, Belgium. The photograph included Lt. Pat O'Brien, an American who served as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps, who was shot down behind enemy lines (he is standing in the center of the photograph behind the seated German guard). O'Brien paid a German guard a Mark for the photograph.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries