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- A large group of French and Belgian prisoners of war pose for a photograph in the prison camp compound at Goettingen. One can see the Bismarck Tower on top of the hill behind the prisoners.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A German guard smoking a pipe ties a Russian POW to the stake for some infraction of the camp rules at Lamsdorf. Violations of prison camp rules resulted in different kinds of punishments, often physical in nature. German authorities sought to maintain discipline in their prison camps and corporal punishment were practiced by both Allied and Central Power nations.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Interned Polish Legionnaires tend to their uniforms in the prison compound at Huszt on a sunny day in 1918. The security fence is not in good shape but the prisoners do not appear to be tempted to escape.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Events. Bob Bahlman drawing Stalin's image for "Don't Vote." Client: Junior Chamber of Commerce (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1950-10-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Also 4459
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- Business Scenes. Chicken Charlie's Restaurant, 3124 S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Neon sign with logo and cars in parking lot. Client: Chicken Charlie's (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1957-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 9 photos in events - 7581, 7432
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- Captain David L. Gaebes pins Army-Navy “E” award on the lapel of Shakespeare employee Guy Hawley, as Leda Jones Bair, employee representative, and Navy Commander W. E. Eades, looks on. The Shakespeare Company received a E Award for Excellence in Performance War Production.
- Date Created:
- 1943-05-19T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 26 photos in event 1224-G
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- Façade of a two-story brick building featuring Georgian Revival architecture and constructed by the Miller-Davis Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1957-08-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 14 photos in event - 7520
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- Group portrait of six boys in matching cowboy costumes.
- Date Created:
- 1958-02-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 2 photos in event - 7691
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- Contemporary dyed red calf over wooden boards; blind-stamped rhomboid (diamond-shaped) centerpiece within triple-ruled blind rectangular borders on upper and lower boards; center rhomboids each contain four small blind-stamped cloverleaf medallions within double borders; remnants of two pair of brass clasps and catches; vellum pastedowns; missing spine reveals three double rows of sewing bands in heavy cord. In light tan cloth-covered clamshell box; gold-stamped brown calf box label: “Brevier. Handschrift um 1490.”, 2 columns of 20 lines; one 3 line initial in margin and one 2 line inital alternativing red and blue with pen florishes, and one 1-line inital in text. Rubricated in red., Leaves 75v- 76r of a German breviary in Latin, for use by the Dominicans containing prayers for Mass and the Office of the Dead (Dominican Rite). Edges of upper and lower boards with the remnants of two pair of clasps and catches., Text in a single hand, in a southwestern German "bastarda" script in black ink; leaves lightly ruled in brown, and Date suggested by style of handwriting and capital flourishes, and by calendar arrangement: i.e., ms. includes feasts of St. Dionysius and the Conception of the Virgin as single celebrations, first celebrated as such in 1481 and 1491, respectively; but lacks the observance of the feast of St. Servatius as a single celebration, a practice which dates from 1498, thus suggesting possible range of dates between 1481 and 1498. Joint purchase with the Newberry Library, Chicago (Newberry Library call number Case MS 198), 2003.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- The cover features the image of a young boy giving up his trumpet for the Führer in order to assist with the on going war effort. The article, "Luftschutz-Alarm im Zoo," explains the complications with so many different and dangerous animals in dealing with air-raid protection in the Leipzig zoo.
- Date Created:
- 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections