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Identifier:
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exwsPommerBk02
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Title:
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World War I German soldier’s photograph album 2
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Description:
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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.
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Date:
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approximately 1911-1918
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Time Period:
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Nineteen tens
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Location:
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Germany
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Location:
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France
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Subject:
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World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works
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Subject-AAT:
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studio portraits
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Subject:
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Soldiers--Germany--1910-1920
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Subject:
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Artillerymen--Germany--1910-1920
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Subject:
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Artillery
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Subject:
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Photograph albums
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People Identified:
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Gärtner, Fritz
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People Identified:
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Gärtner, Hedi
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Subject-AAT:
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photographs
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Subject-AAT:
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group portraits
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Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Source:
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World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections
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Provenance:
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Purchased by WMU Special Collections in February 2015 from F.A. Bernett Books of Boston.
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Collection:
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World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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Rights Statement:
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https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
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Rights Status:
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No Known Copyright
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Access Rights:
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Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
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File Format:
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image/jp2
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Digitization Date:
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2017
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