COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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Identifier:
exwsPommerBk01
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exwsPommerBk01
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Title:
World War I German soldier’s photograph album 1
title
World War I German soldier’s photograph album 1
Title
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Description:
Photograph album with geometric, cloth cover. 6 ½ x 9 x 1 in. There are twenty-four pages with four photographs per page in window-pane openings. Photographs are not visibly identified and the backs are not easily accessed. Album contains the personal photographs of an unknown German soldier in WWI on the Western front, mostly likely in France or Belgium. The subjects of the images are varied, including: aerial images of the front lines from an observation plane; observation plane with pilot and observer; battlefields and trenches; no man’s land; bombed-out buildings, churches, towns, and railroad tracks; French prisoners of war and captured weapons; observation balloons; German hospital staff; and German soldiers and officers.
description
Photograph album with geometric, cloth cover. 6 ½ x 9 x 1 in. There are twenty-four pages with four photographs per page in window-pane openings. Photographs are not visibly identified and the backs are not easily accessed. Album contains the personal photographs of an unknown German soldier in WWI on the Western front, mostly likely in France or Belgium. The subjects of the images are varied, including: aerial images of the front lines from an observation plane; observation plane with pilot and observer; battlefields and trenches; no man’s land; bombed-out buildings, churches, towns, and railroad tracks; French prisoners of war and captured weapons; observation balloons; German hospital staff; and German soldiers and officers.
Description
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Date:
1914-1918
date
1914-1918
Date
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Time Period:
Nineteen tens
time_period
Nineteen tens
Time Period
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Location:
Germany
location
Germany
Location
false
Location:
France
location
France
Location
false
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works
subject
World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works
Subject
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Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front
subject
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front
Subject
false
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare--Pictorial works
subject
World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare--Pictorial works
Subject
false
Subject:
Aerial reconnaissance, German
subject
Aerial reconnaissance, German
Subject
false
Subject:
Intrenchments
subject
Intrenchments
Subject
false
Subject:
Photograph albums
subject
Photograph albums
Subject
false
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--1910-1920
subject
Soldiers--Germany--1910-1920
Subject
false
Subject-AAT:
photographs
subject_aat
photographs
Subject-AAT
false
Subject-AAT:
black-and-white photographs
subject_aat
black-and-white photographs
Subject-AAT
false
Subject-AAT:
aerial photographs
subject_aat
aerial photographs
Subject-AAT
false
Subject-AAT:
war photography
subject_aat
war photography
Subject-AAT
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
publisher
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Source:
World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections
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World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections
Source
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Provenance:
Purchased by WMU Special Collections in February 2015 from F.A. Bernett Books of Boston.
provenance
Purchased by WMU Special Collections in February 2015 from F.A. Bernett Books of Boston.
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Collection:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Collection
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Rights:
Copyright 2017 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu
rights
Copyright 2017 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu
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File Format:
image/jp2
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image/jp2
File Format
false
Digitization Date:
2017
digitization_date
2017
Digitization Date
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