3½ Years in a German Prison Camp. Lager II, Near Münster, Westphalia, Germany

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3½ Years in a German Prison Camp. Lager II, Near Münster, Westphalia, Germany
Album of 79 gelatin silver prints and one two-part gelatin silver print panorama. 1914-18. Four approximately 4½ x 6½ in. (11.3 x 16.5 in.), the panorama 2¾ x 9 in. (7 x 22.8 cm.), the remainder postcard-format, approximately 3½ x 5½ in. (9 x 14 cm.). The majority mounted four-per-page with ink manuscript title labels, pictorial ink manuscript title label inside front cover Souvenir de Captivité Hommage à E.H., maroon cloth.
Album size: 15¼ x 9 7/8 in. (38.7 x 25 cm.)

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An unusual album showing the fabric of the camp and life within it, the emphasis apparently on the more positive aspects of life in captivity. Portraits, including British Indian and French African troops, Russians, Italians and French prisoners, a few signed by sitters; sporting activities, the camp shoe factory and shoe shop, the photography studio and library.

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