General Eisenhower in a jeep [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Close-up of General Eisenhower in a jeep during his visit to Ohrdruf. A barrack is visible in the background. Numbered 104 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; Paper size: 4 7/8" x 7" bent, cracked, scratches, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling, impression from writing on reverse of photo. Reverse of photo: writing.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 68 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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"Generals Eisenhower and Bradley" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Bradley, Omar Nelson
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Generals Eisenhower and Bradley stand with other American troops in front of a building listening to someone (outside the photo) speak. A man on the right aims a movie camera in the direction of the camera. On the righthand side of the photo, an arm with a military police arm band is visible. Numbered 121 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; Paper size: 5 - 5 3/16" x 6 7/8" (irregular edges) bent, cracked, faded, stained, scratches, fingerprints, worn edges, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: 2 paper labels, writing.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 46 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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General Eisenhower and American troops view corpses of executed prisoners [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: They stand in front of Barrack 4. Numbered 66 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" torn, bent, cracked, scratches, worn edges, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label, writing.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 66 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00MERCFR008.JPG
Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Bradley at Ohrdruf
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Patton, George S. (George Smith)
Bradley, Omar Nelson
Walker, Walton
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Bradley and XX Corps Commander Walker stand in a circle with other Army officers in front of Barrack 3. Other Army troops stand behind them. Numbered 65 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" bent, scratched, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label, writing.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 63 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00MERCFR007.JPG
Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton at Ohrdruf
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Bradley, Omar Nelson
Patton, George S. (George Smith)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Writing on reverse: "Bradley behine [sic] Ike. Patton following." Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton walk with American troops past a barrack. Numbered 63 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 4 7/8" bent, scratches, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label, writing.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 72 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00MERCFR006.JPG
"Concentration camp" [Generals Eisenhower and Patton at Ohdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Patton, George S. (George Smith)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "Look in Time Magazine of 14 May/45 & you will see Gen. Eisenhower talking to the man under the arrow. I took these pictures--send them home to mother after you have seen them." General Eisenhower and General Patton with a large group of American troops view the corpses of executed prisoners. Survivors are visible in the crowd. Numbered 14 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; Paper size: 4 1/4" x 6 7/8" torn, bent, cracked, scratches, fingerprints, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling, writing (arrow). Reverse of photo: 2 paper labels, writing.
- - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 49 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00MERCFR005.JPG
"Generals Patton and Eisenhower" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Patton, George S. (George Smith)
Walker, Walton
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. General Eisenhower and General Patton during their visit to Ohrdruf. Eisenhower is facing away from the camera. Patton is turned toward it. Other troops stand around them. Writing on reverse: "Walton Walker" (XX Corp Commander) is written on the reverse. Numbered 11 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; Paper size: 4 7/8" x 7" bent, cracked, scratches, fingerprints, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: 2 paper labels, writing.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 42 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00MERCFR002.JPG
"Gens. Patton and Eisenhower" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Patton, George S. (George Smith)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. General Eisenhower (2nd from right) and General Patton (3rd from right) talk with other liberators. A reporter for Life magazine is taking notes. Numbered 41 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; Paper size: 5 - 5 1/8" x 6 5/8" (irregular top edge) bent, cracked, scratches, fingerprints, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: 2 paper labels.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 40 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00MERCFR001.JPG
General Eisenhower views prisoner corpses at Ohrdruf
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
United States--Army--Signal Corps
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Izac, Edouard Victor Michel
Content Note: Caption text from separate sheet: "Eisenhower walks around a cluster of corpses representing the remains of many of the inmates at the camp at Gotha, lying where they were slain." Survivors and other Army personnel stand behind the corpses. Camp buildings are visible in the background. Numbered 73 on the reverse (Izac 69)
United States--Army--Signal Corps (Photographer)
Izac, Edouard Victor Michel (Donor)
Izac, Edouard Victor Michel (Donor)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 9/16"; Paper size: 5" x 6 5/8" scratches, damage on negative. Reverse of photo: paper label, writing.
- - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 61 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00IZACED003.JPG
General Eisenhower listens as a survivor describes atrocities committed by Germans at the camp [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
United States--Army--Signal Corps
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Izac, Edouard Victor Michel
Content Note: Caption text from separate sheet: "Standing beside a well-used Gallow, Gen. Eisenhower listens while occupants of a former German concentration camp tell, through an interpreter, of atrocities committed by Germans operating the camp." Survivors and other Army personnel stand behind them. A building labeled "2" is visible in the background.Numbered 72 on the reverse (Izac 65)
United States--Army--Signal Corps (Photographer)
Izac, Edouard Victor Michel (Donor)
Izac, Edouard Victor Michel (Donor)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 9/16"; Paper size: 5" x 6 5/8" bent, scratches, damage on negative. Reverse of photo: paper label, writing.
4 - 12 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 51 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100PHOR00IZACED002.JPG