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3761. A Persian Lady Veiled to Walk Abroad

Notes:
P. 288 "Like all Persian females, when they walk abroad, their faces were closely veiled. Muhammedan law denounces death on any female who exposes her face to a male beyond the limits of her own household. A large covering is thrown over the person, when they go out, to which is commonly attached a small veil before the face with a patch of network half the size of a hand, before the eyes, to enable them to see to walk. This rigorous seclusion is, doubtless, as fruitful a source, as it is striking an index, of the unfaithful character of Muhammedan females. The practice of veiling in itself is said extensively to facilitate and screen illicit connexions." This image of a Persian woman away from her home shows her wearing a large outer garment called the chador (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 17) and a white veil.
Date Created:
1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Costume History Collection

3762. Hebrew Bible leaf

Notes:
A leaf from a Hebrew Bible. The books of the Major Prophets, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings, printed in Hebrew by Estienne (or Stephanus) at Paris in 1544.
Date Created:
1544-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Pages from the Past

3763. Horse and buggy advertising the B.F. Hall Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Two unidentified men on top of a horse-drawn wagon advertising B. F. Hall Company stopped in front of the Kalamazoo County Courthouse. Two unidentifed men stand with a rope, ladder and other repair equipment. The wagon is identified by a banner that reads: Lighting Repair Wagon, B. F. Hall, 907 Portage Street, The Only Chimney Sweep in Town, Phone 1713.
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3764. Employees standing with machinery in the Compression Room, the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Male and female employees posed by machinery in the Compression Room at the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo. From left to right, employees with year of service are: Charles Roberts (1928), Donald England (1935), Barbara Friend (1941), Eileen Cosby (1943), Raymond Miller (1934), Wea Vander Veen (1928), Henry Sliss (1937), and Eman Musselman (1908). Photo notes that Henrietta Longjohn (1942) is not in the picture and the employees represent 100 years of service.
Date Created:
1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3765. Garrett, Russell

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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:
1939-05-17T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Transient Bureau Case Files, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Collection, 1934-1970, A-285 (RG 56-20A) and Kalamazoo Transient Bureau Case Files Collection

3766. Outside view of Westnedge Avenue with streetcar tracks from Everyman's house

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Photograph taken at Everyman's House located at 2026 S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, Mich., winner of the Better Homes in America 1924 Model Home contest, designed by Caroline Bartlett Crane. View of Westnedge Avenue in front of house showing streetcar tracks, sidewalk, and Crane Park across the street. (Photographic print)-
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Collection:
Caroline Bartlett Crane Collection, 1843-1935, A-92 and Caroline Bartlett Crane Collection, Everyman's House

3767. POWs of All Nations Were Incarcerated in Germany

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An American prisoner of war, left, and a French POW play a game of checkers while another French soldier, sitting on the bench to the right, writes a letter. Two French colonial troopers intently watch the game while another colonial enjoys a drink. German prison camps became a "melting pot" for men from around the world.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3768. Officer POW Camp at Pforzheim

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A view of the building which served as the officers' prison camp at Pforzheim with the local hills in the background.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3769. Soup Line in the Camp Kitchen in Zossen

Notes:
Belgian and French prisoners wait patiently in line outside of the kitchen in Zossen to receive a bowl of soup. The same prisoners happily pose for a picture with hot soup after receiving their meals in the camp kitchen. Individual distribution of rations was inefficient but it guaranteed equality between the POW's. Service to barrack representatives represented a faster distribution of rations but German authorities could not supervise the actual disposition inside all of the barracks.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3770. Russian POW Funeral at Koenigsbrueck

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A Russian POW is about to be lowered into a grave for his final resting place at the prisoner of war cemetery at Koenigsbrueck. The cemetery is lined with fir trees and a priest officiates the service at the foot of the casket. The dead prisoner might have been a Pole as reflected by the Latin cross used in the ceremony.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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