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:
exwsPommerBk02
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Title:
World War I German soldier’s photograph album 2
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World War I German soldier’s photograph album 2
Title
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Description:
Photograph album with floral, cloth cover. 9 ¾ x 12 ½ x ¾ in. There are thirty-eight pages with a total of 153 photographs of varying sizes. Photographs are pasted down, occasionally with handwritten date or name. World War I era photographs, most likely belonging to Ludwig Koch, whose card is pasted to the last page and reads, “Ludwig Koch, Secondlieutenant, im K. 3., Feld-Artillerie Regiment, “Königin Mutter.” The subjects of the images are varied, including: young men in uniform; captured artillery; German soldiers in France; group portraits of sailors, officers, nurses, and convalescing soldiers; infantry units; family or friends in civilian clothing; military cemeteries; training exercises; and studio portraits of young officers.
description
Photograph album with floral, cloth cover. 9 ¾ x 12 ½ x ¾ in. There are thirty-eight pages with a total of 153 photographs of varying sizes. Photographs are pasted down, occasionally with handwritten date or name. World War I era photographs, most likely belonging to Ludwig Koch, whose card is pasted to the last page and reads, “Ludwig Koch, Secondlieutenant, im K. 3., Feld-Artillerie Regiment, “Königin Mutter.” The subjects of the images are varied, including: young men in uniform; captured artillery; German soldiers in France; group portraits of sailors, officers, nurses, and convalescing soldiers; infantry units; family or friends in civilian clothing; military cemeteries; training exercises; and studio portraits of young officers.
Description
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Date:
approximately 1911-1918
date
approximately 1911-1918
Date
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Time Period:
Nineteen tens
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Nineteen tens
Time Period
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Location:
Germany
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Germany
Location
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Location:
France
location
France
Location
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Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works
subject
World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works
Subject
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Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--1910-1920
subject
Soldiers--Germany--1910-1920
Subject
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Subject:
Artillerymen--Germany--1910-1920
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Artillerymen--Germany--1910-1920
Subject
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Subject:
Artillery
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Artillery
Subject
false
Subject:
Photograph albums
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Photograph albums
Subject
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People Identified:
Gärtner, Fritz
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Gärtner, Fritz
People Identified
false
People Identified:
Gärtner, Hedi
people_identified
Gärtner, Hedi
People Identified
false
Subject-AAT:
photographs
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photographs
Subject-AAT
false
Subject-AAT:
group portraits
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group portraits
Subject-AAT
false
Subject-AAT:
studio portraits
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studio portraits
Subject-AAT
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
publisher
Western Michigan University
Publisher
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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
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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
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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
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Digitization Date:
2017
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2017
Digitization Date
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