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- A Roman Catholic priest stands in front of the altar inside of the chapel in the prison camp at Heidelberg. A choir of French officers stand to the left of the organ, while a statue of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child stands on a small table to the right.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- French and Belgian prisoners cook food on an outdoor grill from their packages sent from home in the prison compound at Grafenwoehr. POW's were not permitted to cook their food parcels inside their barracks due to the threat of fire. During the winter months, when stoves heated the interior of their quarters, POW's could do some limited cooking indoors.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- View of the cemetery memorial dedication ceremony at Wieselburg from the top of the hill. The distinctive prison camp watch tower can be seen in the background to the right; the town stands in the background to the left. A number of Austrian civilians stand outside of the cemetery fence paying their respects.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Austro-Hungarian troops attack Italian trenches on the Isonzo in a night raid in this drawing. Commanders designed these raids to harass the enemy, to keep their troops combat ready, and to collect intelligence and prisoners from the enemy.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Insurance - Accidents. Tow truck from Chuck's Service, Paw Paw, MI. Accident scene on I-94 west of US 131 intersection. Kalamazoo County, MI. May 6, 1969. Client: Michigan Claim Service. (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1969-05-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- 6 photos in event - 10569
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- Education. Platoon, Navy V-12 program at Western Michigan College. Client: Western V-12 (Photographic Negative)
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- 19 photos in event - 1769
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- Business Scenes. Interior of Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association, 315 S. Burdick, includes view of fireplace, office space, and teller windows. Client: Fidelity Savings & Loan Association, 315 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo, MI. (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1939-11-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 1 photo in event - 239
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- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on Bulgarians. It claimed that if the Bulgarians let the British and the Americans into Bulgaria that the Russians would break their treaty and invade Macedonia and Bulgaria.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- J-42 V, 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
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- A leaf from "Tabulae Eclypsium", an astronomical book on eclipses by John Regiomontanus and George Purbach. It was printed in Vienna in 1514 by Johannes Winterburger.
- Date Created:
- 1514-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past