Lawrence E. Osswald Photograph Collection
 

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Identifier

Osswald002

Date

10-7-1943

Description

A group of the German prisoners of war taking a break from digging silos and filling up the silos at the Experiment Station south of Hays. NOTE: The picture was taken by L. C. Aicher who was the superintendent at the Ft. Hays Experiment Station during this time. Film no. 2867C by L. C. Aicher (Information from "Ethnic and Historical research concerning the Volga Germans and Ellis County Kansas" located in the Center for Ethnic Studies.)

Physical Description

black and white photograph

Keywords

Prisoner-of-war camps, Men, Prisoners of war--1940-1950

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© Forsyth Library Special Collections, Fort Hays State University. May not be reproduced without permission.

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Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections.

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Language

eng

Transcription

This is a detail digging silo's and also filling silo's. The silo's are about 35 feet deep and 18 or 20 ft in diameter and hold about 200 tons of silage - October 1943. (Ft. Hayes, KS)

Keywords

Prisoner-of-war camps, Men, Prisoners of war--1940-1950

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