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3981. Leaf from Icones Veteris Testamenti, or Illustrations of the Old testament

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A leaf from Icones Veteris Testamenti, or Illustrations of the Old testament. William Pickering created this book but the designs were by Holbein. It was printed by Charles Whittingham of the Chiswick Press and has the imprint of London, 1830.
Date Created:
1830-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Pages from the Past

3982. Walt Disney and Alfred Maurice at the Kalamazoo Art Center

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Walt Disney and Alfred Maurice looking at books at the Kalamazoo Art Center.
Date Created:
1964-09-17T00:00:00Z
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3983. Genevieve Gilmore at the Kalamazoo Art Center

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Genevieve Gilmore and one unidentified man and woman at the Kalamazoo Art Center.
Date Created:
1964-09-17T00:00:00Z
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3984. Russian POWs in East Prussia (1914)

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Thousands of Russian prisoiners of war line up in an East Prussian town early in the war in preparation for transportation to prison camps in Germany.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3985. First American POWs in Germany

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These three American prisoners were among the first incarcerated by the Germans after the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917. One of the Americans is barefoot and their clothing is in bad shape. They may have been U-boat victims which would explain their desperate situation. Their lives would improve with the arrival of their American Red Cross parcels.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3986. Camp Laundry at Giessen

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French POW's wash laundry in large wooden tubs in the wash room in the prison camp at Giessen. Clean clothing eliminated vermin and germs and helped prevent the outbreak of epidemics in crowded barracks.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3987. Food Preparation in the Camp Kitchen at Goettingen

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French and British prisoners of war sit and peel potatoes as cooks stir the soup over the stoves. These POW's have a lot of work to do given the vats full of potatoes. It was imperative for the camp kitchen feed thousands of prisoners three times a day to keep all of the POW's healthy.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3988. Front Page of the British Newspaper at Goettingen

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This is the front page of the first edition of "The Wooden City: A Journal for Prisoners of War" in the prison camp at Goettingen. French prisoners at Goettingen received their own newspaper in the Spring of 1915 and this issue began a news service in English on 1 July 1915. Prisoners could receive news about events in camp, sports scores, church services, humor, and other items of interest.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3989. French Marianne Sand Mosiac at Koenigsbrueck

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French prisoners work on a sand and cement mosaic of Marianne, the symbol of the French republic at the prison camp at Koenigsbrueck. This type of outdoor art work was very popular in the camp. Russian and French prisoners stand around the mosaic for the photograph.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3990. Russian POWs March to Berlin

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Although the caption indicates that these Russian POW's are headed for Berlin, they are actually headed for a prison camp in Austria-Hungary. Marching in pairs, Russian prisoners drag their machine guns along a road behind an Austrian guard enroute a prisoner of war assembly center.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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