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- Russian prisoners-of-war stand near an artistic garden plot which depicts a German iron cross with oak leaf clusters. The garden is located near the wall which surrounded part of the prison camp at Neuhammer and a German non-commissioned officer sits on a horse. POW's could pass the time working in these types of gardens which decorated the prison camp.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- German non-commissioned officers, guards, and Russian prisoners congregate on a street in the prison camp at Aschaffenburg in Bavaria. Prisoners lived in wooden barracks, which they decorated with flower boxes under the windows. Note the child to the extreme right of the photograph, possibly a visitor to the camp.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of Russian prisoners, along with German NCO's, pose for a photograph in the prison compound in Czersk. Many of the prisoners are standing on the roof of a barrack (note the window), which was one of the earthen dug out type in this camp.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian prisoners hang clothing in an outdoors disinfection chamber under the supervision of German NCO's in the prison camp at Guben. To prevent the introduction of infectious diseases, all new prisoners entering a prison camp had their clothing disinfected in these types of chambers. They operated using high temperature steam to kill any vermin or microbes.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A wounded Russian prisoner stands with his arm in a sling at the prison camp at Mauthausen. After release from German military hospitals, POW's completed their recoveries in prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Business Scenes. Interior view of showroom displaying residential overhead lighting, table lamps on curved wooden display tables, and floor lamps at Klose Electric Company, 509 Mills Street. Man wearing suit and glasses is seated in foreground, reading. Also visible are illuminated picture frames on wall, flower arrangements, glass display case with clocks, door that reads "Office," and checkerboard pattern linoleum flooring. Client: Klose Electric Company, 509 Mills Street, Kalamazoo, MI. (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 17 photos in event - 4532
- Notes:
- Street Scenes - Service Stations. Facade of John C. Klosterman Wholesale Tobacco, 1111 Portage, and Witter's Pharmacy, 1105 Portage. Client: Kalamazoo Gazette (Photographic negative)
- Date Created:
- 1939-03-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 2 photos in event - 51
- Notes:
- Street Scenes - Service Stations. Service Station. New Zephyr Gas Station, 928 King Highway, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Client: Naptha - Sol. Refining Company, Muskegon, Michigan. (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1957-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 2 photos in event - 7560
- Notes:
- Business Scenes. Exterior of VanBochove & Bro., Inc., Wholesale and Retail Florists, 2301 Flower Street, includes greenhouse and parking lot with cars. Client: National Greenhouse Co., Pana, Illinois (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1963-12-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 4 photos in event - 9526
- Notes:
- Photographer Hugo Pfeiffer of Itzehoe, Germany captures a Russian prisoner near Leningrad in September 1941. The caption on the back provided by Pfeiffer states, "Noch so ein prahletexemplar (Another one of those Prize examples)." Black and white photograph. Handwritten on back of picture: Vor Leningrad Sept. '41, Russ. Gefangener; Noch so ein Prahlet Exemplar. Stamped: Hugo Pfeiffer.
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections