Name/Title

German POW Photo

Entry/Object ID

2011.27.86

Description

8"x10" Glossy of Roland Detsel with a bushel of apples at Kraft Orchards near Sparta, MI. Detsel was a Afrika Korps veteran Captured in Tunisia. Kraft Orchard had 10 POW's working there. From the Free Press photo archive. Appears to have been used in a 1975 article on POWs in Michigan.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Military Installation

Camp / Fort Custer

City

Battle Creek

State/Province

Michigan

* Untyped Subject Place

United States

Cataloged By

Chris Causley

Acquisition

Accession

2011.27

Source (if not Accessioned)

Chris Causley

Made/Created

Studio

The Detroit Free Press

Date made

circa 1944

Time Period

World War Two

Place

Military Installation

Camp / Fort Custer

City

Battle Creek

State/Province

Michigan

* Untyped Place

United States

Location

Location

Box

Box A-22

Other

Store Room 1 Shelf

Category

Storage

Condition

Overall Condition

Good