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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:

Reichsparteitag 1934. Die Jugend huldigt dem Führer. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie, 1934

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

Picture: Bild #145, Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1934
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)

Reichsparteitag 1934. Die Weihe der Standarten, 1934

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 100
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #175, Gruppe 66, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17 cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1934
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 100

Reichsparteitag 1935: Beim Arbeitsdienst auf der Beppelinwiese, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 142
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #179, Gruppe 64, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 8cm x 12cm (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 142

Reichsparteitag 1935. Der Führer mit Dr. Ley bei den Werkscharen, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 43
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #85, Gruppe 63, 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 43

Reichsparteitag 1935: Die Arbeitssoldaten, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 93
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #135, Gruppe 66, 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 93

Reichsparteitag 1935. Standartenweihe und Totenehrung, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 56
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #190, Gruppe 63, 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 56

Reichsparteitag 1936. Frau Scholtz-Klink, die Reichsfrauenführerin. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie, 1936

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 5
Identifier: Item 12
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #164, Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936
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)

Reichsparteitag 1937. Der Führer legt den Grundstein zum Stadion. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie, 1937

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 5
Identifier: Item 13
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #167, Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937
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)

Reichsparteitag Nürnberg 1935. Die Kavallerie defiliert vor dem Führer. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie, 1935

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 5
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #156, Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (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 / 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)

Reichsparteitag zu Nürnberg 1935: Die Fahnen des alten ruhmreichen Heeres am Tage der Wehrmacht, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 73
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #143, Gruppe 65, 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 73

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