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4441. A horse-drawn wagon with three men, one seated, delivering typewriters, South West St. and Pearl St., Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Man seated on a horse-drawn, open bed wagon with two men in long coats standing. Sign on wagon reads: "We are delivering 40 Remington Typewriters to Kalamazoo Public Schools." Photo was taken at the southwest corner of South West Street and Pearl Street. Behind the wagon is Kalamazoo High School (third building, 1898-1922) with 1913 gymnasium addition. Typewriters were delivered to coincide with the Michigan State Teachers Association convention that was held in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Date Created:
1914-10-29T00:00:00Z
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4442. Walt Disney and Donald Gilmore in the Upjohn Company hangar

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Donald Gilmore and Walt Disney standing in the Upjohn Company hangar at the Kalamazoo County Airport. Photograph taken during Walt Disney's departure from west Michigan.
Date Created:
1964-09-20T00:00:00Z
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4443. Text analysis, Godden, Catholic Homilies, Homily II.08

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In his homily for the Second Sunday in Lent (Dominica II in Quadragesima) in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric offers an allegorical reading of the episode of the Canaanite woman with a daughter possessed by a demon described in the Gospel reading for the day (Matthew 15:21-28).
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Collection:
SS (Early English Text Society) ; 5 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies

4444. The Kitchen Staff at Meschede

Notes:
The POW kitchen staff, with their German non-commissioned officers, stand with their cooking utensils in front of the prison kitchen at Meschede. The staff, composed primarily of French POWs, is well equipped with a wide range of cooking tools. Note the presence of German officers and several civilians in the back row, which suggests that a camp inspection was underway at the time of this photograph.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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4445. Cemetery Memorial for Allied POWs at Muenster

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A winter view of the monument that French prisoners of war at Rennbahn designed and constructed in memorial to Allied POW's who died at Muenster II. The commandant arranged for free photographs of individual graves to be sent to family members through the camp's British Help Committee.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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4446. Weekly Menu at Zossen (Weinberg)

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This French menu for the prison camp at Zossen-Weinberg appeared in the German magazine "Der Krieg." The menu dates from the early part of the war and describes the lunches and dinners served at Zossen on a daily basis. It includes an illustration of a French prisoner wearing wooden clogs, eating dinner in a chair. The menu gave German readers an idea of the fare the German government provided to Allied prisoners of war under Ministry of War care.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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4447. Hospital Ward at Erfurt

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German doctors and French and Belgian orderlies minister to patients in the hospital ward at Erfurt. Many of the patients appear to be Russian POW's, each enjoying their own metal frame bed. The facility is new and includes a stove in the center of the ward.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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4448. Parcel Post Room at Friedrichsfeld

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French prisoners work in the Parcel Post Office in the prison camp at Friedrichsfeld under the supervision of German non-commissioned officers. The POW's log in packages in preparation for their distribution to the inmates. Business in the office appears to be brisk given the large number of parcels on the shelves and stacked on the floor.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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4449. Eastern Gate of the Citadel at Aleppo

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This photograph provides a view of the Eastern Gate of the Citadel in Aleppo, where the Turks incarcerated Allied prisoners of war during World War I. Arabs walk along the road at the base of the Citadel and the minaret of a mosque can be seen to the left.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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4450. Map of the Death March from Kut-al-Amara I

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This map shows the infamous "death march" of British and Indian prisoners from Kut-al-Amara to Turkish prison camps in Anatolia. Starved, sick, and wounded POW's went up the Tigris River and to cross the Syrian Desert on foot before they reached the rail line at Ras-el-Ain. Thousands of Anglo-Indian prisoners died during the forced march and the cruel treatment by the Turks became a major political issue in Britain.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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