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Steinecker Inspecting Peas at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Capt. Huldreich M. Stienecker, Michigan, inspecting a load of peas at a cannery where German prisoners of war are working. Steinecker is in charge of the p...
Manuscript

Officers of the United States Army and Navy, Prisoners of War, Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.

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Description: Decorative lithograph with hundreds of prisoners' names, as well as scenes from the prison motifs as four insets, one on each corner: Libby Prison; Belle I...
Photograph

Capt. Carl Gustavson

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Carl Gustavson [as written on the photograph backing; also written and known as Charles Gustaveson on Descriptive Rolls, ...
Photograph

Andrew Clement

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Andrew Clement, a first lieutenant in Company K, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was obtai...
Photograph

Ole R. Dahl

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders studio portrait of Ole R. Dahl, a first lieutenant in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtain...
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Ellend Erickson

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Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Ellend Erickson, a first lieutenant in Company K, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was obt...
Print

Col. O.C. Johnson

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Description: Head and shoulders steel engraved portrait of Ole C. Johnson, a colonel in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Reg...
Photograph

Ole C. Johnson

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Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Ole C. Johnson, a colonel in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and...
Photograph

Anthon O. Oyer

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Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Anthon O. Oyer, a hospital steward in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform, holding a sword across his lap. The follo...
Photograph

Thor Simonson

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Thor Simonson, a first lieutenant in Company F, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was ob...
Photograph

Christian E. Tanberg

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Christian E. Tanberg, a first lieutenant in Company D, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information...
Photograph

High-Ranking German Naval Prisoners

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: High-ranking German Naval Officers arriving at the prisoner of war cage at the 2nd Division Camp at Guipavas, France. Allied soldiers are standing guard an...
Photograph

Prisoners of War in a Truck Bed

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp are being loaded onto a truck to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.
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German Prisoners of War and American Officers near Barracks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Two German prisoners and two American officers discussing some papers while standing outdoors. In the background, German prisoners of war are lined up for ...
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French PoW's at Zossen

Date: 1914
Description: French PoW's in front of a barracks at the camp in Zossen. The front of the barracks building has been decorated by the prisoners.
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Prisoners Gathering Wood

Date: 1914
Description: French PoW's gathering wood for fuel for their barracks at the camp in Zossen.
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French PoW's Weaving Straw Shoes

Date: 1914
Description: French prisoners weaving straw shoes in the Zossen PoW camp.
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French PoW's at Zossen

Date: 1914
Description: A group of French PoW's at the camp in Zossen under the direction of their own non-commissioned officers.
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Group Portrait of PoW's

Date: 1914
Description: PoW's, of varying nationalities, in the Zossen PoW camp.
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PoWs on the German Swiss Border

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Description: Two German medical officers who had been released from French PoW camps in conformance with Geneva Convention rules.

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