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World War I Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

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

US Army 16th Engineer Regiment photographs, 1914-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-016
Scope and Contents

Series of 159 black and white photos, most with captions, printed on card stock, most taken between June 1917 and April 1919. Images include scenes of men as they enlist at the Fairgrounds in Detroit; views of the exterior and interior of the barracks at the Fairground in Detroit; scenes of the men enroute to Europe; scenes of thei engineers' work and activites while in France; and scenes of their return trip to the States.

Dates: 1914 - 1919

William V. Lovell Photograph Album, 1918-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-008
Content Description

Photograph album of 1st Lt. William V. Lovell Photograph Album, 22nd Aero Squad. Includes pay documents and some military records.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

WWI photographs, 1918-1935

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-073
Scope and Contents

A broad range of subject matter depicted in 238 snapshots. Subjects include ground-based weaponry (French, German), observation balloons and Zeppelins (American, German); aeroplanes (German, American); naval vessels and ferries; ruins (France, Belgium, Germany); soldiers. Also among the collection are approximately 81 snapshots from a later period, circa 1935, of barracks, airplanes, airports, etc.

Dates: 1918 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919