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- Interned British civilians enter the main compound at Ruhleben through the gates after an afternoon of sports and recreation on the race track.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- The prisoner band at Danzig is about to perform for sick and wounded POW's under the direction of a German officer. War prisoners often enjoyed afternoon performances by camp bands.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A rabbi leads an outdoor service for Russian prisoners of war from a set of stairs in the prison compound at Hammerstein. A large number of Russians have assembled to participate in the service, including a man in civilian clothing, possibly a German rabbi. A prisoner in front of the stairs holds the Talmud.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A Turkish guard is asleep at his post in Yozgad. While a common practice, soldiers caught asleep while on sentry duty could receive a court-martial and executed, especially if the guard was photographed by POW's.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- People - Daily Life. Engagement portrait of Jane Sidnam, fiancée of Frank A. Heath, February 28, 1939. Client: Jane Sidnam (Photographic negative and proof)
- Date Created:
- 1939-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 12 photos and 10 proofs in event - 25
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- Industrial Scenes. Laboratory at Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Client: Kewaunee Mgt. Company (Photographic negative)
- Date Created:
- 1939-03-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 4 photos in event - 31
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- Election leaflet supporting Ernst Thälmann (KPD) for the 1932 Reichspresident election. It calls out to the young worker to support the KPD, which they promise can provide work, bread, and freedom. It suggests that they join the battle by joining the ranks of the communist youth association.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- A special supplemental provided by Der Zeitschrift that provides color images of the various aspects of the uniforms that members of the German Luftwaffee wore. Amongst them are arms colors, insignias, medals, letters on epaulets, and badges for special service positions.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Front of 50 Francs polychrome French bill, with image of French merchant and adviser of King Charles VII, Jacques Cœur. His house in Bourges, France, is in the background. French inscription at bottom translates as, "Nothing is impossible with a valiant heart."
- Date Created:
- 1941-04-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Photograph of the Administration Building with the classroom and gymnasium addition on the top of Prospect Hill. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. The Classroom and Gymnasium wing was added in 1908. They were later known as East Hall. Shown are the tennis courts and the Normal Railroad (or Trolley). The Trolley, a two-track cable car system, was built in 1908 and remained in use until 1949.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection