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Polk, Edwin W. (Edwin Weiss), 1916-2002

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 9 January 1916 - 30 November 2002

biographical statement

Edwin W. Polk was an alumnus of Western State Teachers College (1937), now Western Michigan University. He was also a junior high teacher in the Detroit area for 40 years. Polk was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserve (12/1943 - 3/1946), and a WWII Navy veteran, having served as a PT boat officer in the South Pacific, where he received the Purple Heart.

Occupations

Found in 363 Collections and/or Records:

Internationale Automobilausstellung in Berlin 1935: Der Protektor der Automobilindustrie, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 20
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #94, Gruppe 62, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 20

Jubelnde Menschenmassen erwarten in Klagenfurt den Befreier. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #219, Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Austria Tabakwerke. These cards are part of a series titled Adolf Hitler und sein weg zu Großdeutschland (Adolf Hitler and his way to a greater Germany).

Julius Schreck, 16.May 1936, 1936-05-16

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 81
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #6, Gruppe 66, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-05-16
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 81

Julius Schreck, 16.May 1936, 1936-05-16

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 81
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #6, Gruppe 66, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-05-16
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 81

Kabelpferd legt Leitung zwischen Batterie und Beobachtungsstelle. Greiling A.G., Dresden.

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #51; Soldiers on horses, laying cable. Size: 6cm x 7cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Schwarz Weiß Zigaretten. These cards are part of a series titled Das Deutsche Heer im Manöver (The German Army in Operation)

Kinderhände

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 28
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #167, Gruppe 62, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 28

Kongreß in Nürnberg 1929. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie, 1929

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 3
Identifier: Item 17
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #85; Congress in Nuremberg. Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Austria Tabakwerke. These cards are part of a series titled Adolf Hitler und sein weg zu Großdeutschland (Adolf Hitler and his way to a greater Germany)

Kongreß in Nürnberg 1929. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie, 1929

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 3
Identifier: Item 18
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #85; Congress in Nuremberg. Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Austria Tabakwerke. These cards are part of a series titled Adolf Hitler und sein weg zu Großdeutschland (Adolf Hitler and his way to a greater Germany)

Kradschützen werden auf dem Marsch von feindlichen Tieffliegern angegriffen. Greiling A.G., Dresden

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 2
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #121. Size: 6cm x 7cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Schwarz Weiß Zigaretten. These cards are part of a series titled Das Deutsche Heer im Manöver (The German Army in Operation)

Letzter Besuch bei Hindenburg vor seinem Tode im Juli 1934, 1934-07

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 23
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #128, Gruppe 62, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1934-07
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 23

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