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Call Number:

PH-02675

Collection Name:

World War I Glass Transparencies Photography Collection

No. of Items:

59 items

Span Dates:

1914-1915

Description:

The collection consists of an incomplete set of glass slides of World War I from a German perspective. Present are 58 captioned 1 3/4-inch glass transparencies, with a viewer (964:0217:0059), in several of the original boxes. The viewer is stamped: Kriegs / Diorama / 1914/15. Box labels and contents follow.

"Die Bilder tonnen auf zur Projection benukt werden"

"Extra Bilder: Sortiment Kriegs: Diorama 1914/15"

3. Nr. 31-40 Westlicher Kriegsschauplatz -- contains 1-5, 7-10, 31-35, 37-40;

8. Nr. 81-90 Hinder der Schlachtfont -- contains 81-90;

11. Nr. 111-120 Korpathen = Kampfe-- contains 111-120;

13. Nr. 131-140 Italienischer Kriegsschauplatz -- contains 131-140;

14. Nr. 141-150 Kampsstatten im Hochgebirge -- contains 141-150.

Accession No(s):

964:0217:0001-0059; Purchase from Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, 1963.