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Erich Pattky German WWI-era photographs, 1914-1940
Collection
Identifier: 2000-007
Scope and Contents
First acquisition: 86 photo-postcard and photo archive of Erich Pattky, a German telephonist during WWI. Postcard messages are from Pattky to his parents in Berlin, Germany. Postcard images depict various soldiers' activities, accommodations and equipment. According to the bookseller, Pattky was probably stationed in France. Included are Christmas celebration cards. Many cards have been trimmed, possibly to accommodate the size of the wartime envelopes. Second acquisition:...
Dates:
1914 - 1940
Kriegs Erinnerungen (War Memories) photographs, 1915-1916
Collection
Identifier: 2000-017
Scope and Contents
The Kriegs Erinnerungen (War Memories) photographs. A historical WWI German photographic album kept by an unidentified member of the 64th feld Flieger Abteilung (Field Aviation Unit). Book contains 324 photos on 80 pages covering the period of 1915-16. The album details the aviation group's journey to the front, features aeorodromes, personnel, equipment. 53 photos feature aircraft including a series of the rare Pfalz E1 of which only 60 were built. The Feld Flieger Abteilung 64 was...
Dates:
1915 - 1916
Otto Biber WWI archive, 1914-1934
Collection
Identifier: 2003-004
Scope and Contents
The archive of 2nd Lt. Otto Biber of the 17th Bavarian Regiment. Includes approximately 220 letters and cards, 15 photographs, pocket calendar, newspaper death notices of fellow soldiers, and miscellaneous documents.
Dates:
1914 - 1934
Schreiner Reinhold Rott WWI-era ephemera, 1914-1918
Collection
Identifier: 2003-022
Scope and Contents
138 page manuscript pocket diary, 2 studio portraits, 4 photo-postcards, and death certificate of Medical-Segeant Schreiner Reinhold Rott, Ersatzbataillon, 3rd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment In German.
Dates:
1914 - 1918
Theo Freudenberg WWI journal, 1914-1916
Collection
Identifier: 2000-023
Scope and Contents
124 page personal journal kept by Theo Freudenbergs in the years 1914, 1915, and 1916, while in the German Army. A studio portrait of Freudenbergs, pictured in uniform with medals, is pasted onto verso of front cover. Text in German.
Dates:
1914 - 1916