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Notes:: Imperial authorities continuously reminded the German people that they were fighting a war against the rest of the world and used photographs of colonial prisoners as prime examples. In this photo, Indian troops of the Indian Expeditionary Force stand outdoors at Muenster-Rennbahn. This propaganda campaign sought to encourage the Germans to fight harder to win the war and demonstrate the superiority of the empire's military forces.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: This is a general view of the prison camp at Ebersdorf bei Chemnitz which shows the POW barracks, the enclosed athletic field, and the camp fence. The Germans built this facility shortly before the war and incarcerated Allied prisoners here in 1914. Note the prisoners by the entrance of the building to the right.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: French orderlies pose with the patients in the hospital ward in the prison camp at Friedrichsfeld. All of the beds are filled with sick and wounded prisoners, but only one patient appears to be too ill to sit up in his bed.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: German, Russian, and French doctors stand on the steps of the front door of the hospital at the prison camp at Giessen. The Germans often captured Allied doctors who remained behind during a retreat to care for wounded war prisoners.
Date Created:: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Russian prisoners prepare to slaughter a cow in the butcher shop in the prison camp of Freistadt, under the supervision of an Austrian non-commissioned officer. Several sides of beef hang from the walls of the shop, ready to be cut up for cooking.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: This marks the official inauguration of the YMCA building in the prison camp in Wieselburg in 1916. Austrian officers and a visiting delegation stand in the center of the prison compound and Russian POW's stand at attention along the perimeter. The prison band is assembled on the perimeter to the left side of the photo. Wieselburg had over 5,000 permanently disabled prisoners in its ranks.
Date Created:: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Four Czechoslovak Legionnaires hang from trees at Sant Donna di Piave in Italy. Their crime was taking arms against their emperor in support of his enemies and to overthrow his empire by creating a new independent country.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Insurance - Accidents. Winter scene, Sprinkle Road, near I-94 entrance ramp, Dick Kuehl Standard Service, 3530 Spring Road, visible. Client: Michigan Claim Service. (Photographic Negative)
Date Created:: 1969-01-16T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: 17 photos in event - 10498

Notes:: Business Scenes. Aerial photo of Sears store, parking, and surrounding residential area, 150 E. Crosstown Parkway. Client: Miller-Davis Company (Photographic Negative)
Date Created:: 1957-11-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: 21 photos in event - 7596

Notes:: Group portrait of five women wearing dresses and lyre pins affiliated with Alpha Chi Omega. Women are seated at a table set with tea and cookies. The photo was taken at the Arcadia Brook Clubhouse when local members of the Alpha Chi Omega received a local charter to install a Kalamazoo Alumnae club. Jean Wiley, president, is seated in the middle of the front row. Dr. Elizabeth Lichty, Dean of Women Students at WMU, is standing on the far right, second row.
Date Created:: 1949-04-05T00:00:00Z
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