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Karte von der Erdenge Panama und den Provinzen Veragua, Terra Firma und Darien
Color map of Panama and surrounding areas. Some towns are marked as well as bodies of water and geographic features with relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris.
Der Feldzug in Norwegen, vom 9. April bis 10. Juni 1940. Bilddokumente von Heinrich Hoffmann.
Pictures and description of the Nazi invasion of Norway, from the Nazi viewpoint.
[Map showing route of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway]
Hand drawn map showing routes of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway including Texas counties and cities, rivers and topography of part of Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Arkansas. On the back of the map is text in German encouraging German Catholic colonization to Pilot Point.
Weisbuch und Führerkundgebungen
Photographs and descriptions of the campaign in Poland and the east, featuring Hitler's role as commander and planner. A propaganda work glorifying Hitler and the German soldiers.
Von der Grenze bis vor Warschau
Photographs and descriptions of the campaign in Poland and the east, featuring Hitler's role as commander and planner. A propaganda work glorifying Hitler and the German soldiers.
Die Neüwen Inseln so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie ligen
Hand-drawn color map of the New World with place names in Latin, title in German. This is the earliest known map of the Americas. Drawings depict Magellan's ship Victoria and a cannibal scene in Brazil.
[Students at Gazebo]
Photograph of a group of unidentified students, gathered by a gazebo. The German words "Gluck warauch 'MIT-UNS'" are written on the photograph.
Daniel Sanders Moment-Lexikon und Fremdwörterbuch
3D scanned models of a miniature book of poetry. Bound in publisher's flexible red cloth with gilt cover titles, and housed in green and gilt painted/enameled tin box with circular magnifying glass mounted in lid. Box is lacking suspension loop.
[News Script: Eine schutz staffeln soldaten ist kaputt]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrests of John Edward Joiner, who wore an arm-band with the swastika, the symbol of Nazi Germany under Adolph Hitler. Joiner was arrested in Dallas for walking on-site of President Kennedy's assassination carrying a dummy of Fidel Castro.
[Film No. - Film Title] 1st_World_Helicopter_Championships
Footage from the first World Helicopter Championship, held in Germany. The film shows attendees during different activities and a variety of helicopters performing maneuvers. No sound.
Bob Kap Archive #4
Silent film of the Intercontinental Football League's (IFL's) 1976 European tour to promote American football as a leisure activity. It includes footage of players on buses and in cars, football games, spectators, cheerleaders, European scenery and promotional activities. Many stills of promotional brochures, newspaper articles, and photographs are included.
The Intercontinental Football League presents Touchdown in Europe 1976
Compilation film of home movies and news coverage of the 1976 Intercontinental Football League's (IFL) European tour of Germany, Austria, and France promoting American football as a leisure activity. Includes footage of football game play, spectators, cheerleaders, and promotional activities. The narration implies that this film was used to promote the IFL and its potential as a revenue source.
[News Clip: Adenauer]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the chancellor of West Germany arriving in Fredericksburg, Texas.
[Side angle of antique Linhof camera]
Photograph of an antique Linhof camera from an angle. The side shown has a mount for a 'flashgun' and the back offers instructions for different film sizes and the necessary corresponding measurements.
[Men around burning man woodcut, page]
Photograph of a page from the book "Some German Woodcuts". The illustration on the page is one of the many woodcut specimens printed in the book. It depicts a man inside of a hollow tree that is burning with four men standing around it. Below it is text that reads "8. One of the 126 full-page cuts in Das Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen, printed at Ulm by Conrad Dinckmut in 1485. Hain, 4033."
[Men around burning man woodcut, in cradle]
Photograph of the book "Some German Woodcuts" lying open on a plastic cradle. The pages are turned to one of the many woodcut specimens printed in the book. It depicts a man inside of a hollow tree that is burning with four men standing around it. Below it is text that reads "8. One of 126 full-page cuts in Das Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen, printed at Ulm by Conrad Dinckmut in 1485. Hain, 4033."
[Back panel of antique Linhof camera]
Photograph of an antique Linhof camera from the back. There is a leather handle on one side and a mount for a 'flashgun' on the other. The back offers instructions for different film sizes and the necessary corresponding measurements.
[Men around burning man woodcut]
Photograph of the book "Some German Woodcuts" lying open on a plastic cradle. The pages are turned to one of the many woodcut specimens printed in the book. It depicts a man inside of a hollow tree that is burning with four men standing around it. Below it is text that reads "8. One of 126 full-page cuts in Das Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen, printed at Ulm by Conrad Dinckmut in 1485. Hain, 4033."
Fotografie Aus Den U. S. A.
A booklet for an exhibit featuring Byrd Williams IV, Lawrence McFarland, and Clarissa Sligh, entitled "Fotografie Aus Den U.S.A.", in Trier, Germany at the Stadtischen Museum, 1995. The booklet features photographs, Night Triptychs, from Byrd Williams as well as include an excerpt about the photographer.
[Booklet for Byrd Williams IV exhibit]
Booklet for Byrd Williams IV's exhibit "Focus," in Trier, Germany at the Stadtischen Museum. The booklet includes an excerpt of Byrd Williams IV in the German language, as well as includes, printed photographs from the exhibit.
[Floegels Geschichte des grotesk komischen, bearbeitet]
Photograph of "Flogels Geschichte des Grotesk komischen" (Flogel's story of the grotesquely funny, edited) by Karl Friedrich Flogel, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is tan with a brown spine and brown right corners. Over the front is a giant black circle filled with small white illustrations of people. In the middle of it is a brown circle with a gold knight and gold lettering. Surrounding the black circle is a brown rim filled with gold lettering.
[Unverzagt, Das Hotel Balzer!]
Catalog from the exhibition, "Unverzagt, Das Hotel Balzer!," June 3–July 15, 2007, held at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral and Kur- und Stadtmuseum. Includes: foreword, essays, list of artworks in the exhibition, selected images, biographical notes. Byrd Williams IV was one of the artists featured in the exhibition.
[Byrd Williams, Ortsbeschreibungen]
A book of photographs by Byrd Williams IV from an exhibition in Germany titled, "Ortsbeschreibungen." A list of the photographs in the book is included.
[Scrapbook of John Briggs travels to Germany, Italy, The Czech Republic and Belgium]
Scrapbook containing color photographs, opera programs, tickets, stickers, coins, maps, and restaurant menus in relation to John Brigg's travels to Venice, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, and Bruges. It also includes images of monuments, museums, and landmarks. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
[Haebler Incunabula Plate 12]
Plate 12- Augsburg, Johann Schoensperger, 1490, Type 2 and 3
[Manuscript Leaf from 15th Century, Germany]
A manuscript leaf from 15th Century, Germany. The manuscript leaf is laid out with two (2) columns and scribed in late Gothic script. There are musical neums on 4-line staff (by the 16th-century the 5-line staff became more standardized) Breviary. The manuscript leaf was created on vellum parchment and used both red, blue, and black gall ink for the script. The leaf is labelled as page twenty-one (21).
Heidi
Image of the cover of the book Heidi by Johanna Spyri. At one point, the cover was likely a light blue color but time has aged and use has worn and faded the color, especially around the edges. the cover has scratches, knicks, and water damage.
Heidi: kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat.
Early German edition of Heidi: How She Used What She Had Learned by Johanna Spyri. The entire cover of the book is a red-orange color. At the top of the front cover is an illustration of a cabin nestled in front of a grove of evergreen trees. In the background are mountains resting against a sky with clouds. Wrapping around the illustration is another illustration of pink flowers with green stems and leaves spanning the height of the cover. On the spine is the author's name, the word "Geschichten" meaning "stories" in German, and the volume number. On the page of the first chapter is a black and white illustration of a field of flowers in front of a lake with the mountains in the background reflecting off of the water. On page 59 is a full page black and white illustration of Heidi reading a book to an old woman lying in a bed. Despite there being a chair next to her, Heidi is standing next to the bed to read. The woman in the bed has her hands folded across her lap and her eyes are closed like in Christian Prayer. On the first page of the seventh chapter is an illustration of the cabin again but this time there is a boy standing out front, herding goats. By the cabin, across from the road, is a mountain stream with a bridge overtop to cross. Further down the road is another cabin, next to the stream. In the background is a forest of evergreen trees climbing the mountains. On the first page of the eighth chapter is an illustration of a road with one side lined by evergreen trees and the other side lined by a wooden fence. Down the road is a man walking with a cane. …
Heidis Lehr u Wanderjahre
Early German edition of the first part of Heidi, called Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and learning by Johanna Spyri. The entire cover of the book is a faded red-orange color. The front cover of the book has the title and author's and publisher's names in black, gothic font. At the top of the cover is an illustration of a cabin in the mountains bordered by trees. Wrapping around that illustration and twining down the cover is a flowering plant with leaves and vines. On the first blank page are some hand written notes, possibly from previous owners. On the spine is the author's name, the word "stories" in German, and the volume number. In the book are black and white illustrations, one of which is a road in the mountains. On one side of the road are some evergreen trees and on the other side is a wooden fence. Further down the road is a man walking with a cane. In the distance are more tree and mountains.
Heidi
Early German edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri and illustrated by Karl Mühlmeister. The front cover the book has a very worn dust cover were parts of the have been replaced with semitransparent paper. The illustration on the cover is of Heidi standing barefoot in a grassy field with one of her arms petting a goat with a bell on its neck. In her other hand she is holding a bouquet of flowers. Behind them in the background are the tops of mountains coming up from the ground. The dust jacket's spine section has more damage that was repaired in the same manner as the front cover. Behind the repaired sections are the title and author's name. In the center of the spine has stripes and a bouquet of flowers as embellishments. On the title page has the author's name, the titles of the book, as a singular abridged version and the unabridged versions. It also has the revisor's, illustrator's and publisher's names. On the opposite page is an illustration of Heidi and a goatherd boy standing in a grassy field with goats. In the distance is a cabin with some fencing and tall evergreen trees around it. In the grassy field is a small road winding down a hill and trees dotting the field. In the background is a forest of evergreen trees in front of a range of mountains. at the bottom left corner is a note saying the illustration is from page 31. On page 49 is an illustration of Heidi and her grandfather sitting on stools by the fire while another boy stands at the front, holding the door open. The boy is dressing in winter clothes, gloves, a scarf, and a hat. The fire is an open fire resting on an elevated ledge with a …
Heidi: A Story for Children and Those Who Love Children
Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri and translated by Louise Brooks. The cover of the book is a light blue color with black ink. Starting at the top and reaching towards the middle of the cover is the branch of an evergreen tree with long thin needles. The illustration carries onto the spine of the book which also has the title and the name of the publisher. Also on the spine is a strip of paper with "GCW" on it for Gustine Courson Weaver. On the title page is faded text with the title, subtitles, and names of the author, translator, and publisher. On the opposite page is a full color illustration of Heidi playing outside. She has one foot on the ground and the other in the air. Her arms are raised up above her head. In the background is dark green foliage and a dirt path. The illustration is captioned with, "Heidi spring joyfully about." Below the caption is a handwritten note in pencil.
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