Army troops at Ohrdruf
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Knopp, Tom
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Two Army jeeps in front of a large group of American troops during Eisenhower's visit to Ohrdruf. A soldier on the lefthand side (identified on the reverse as Tom Knopp) poses for the camera. Numbered 114 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 4 13/16" x 6 7/8 - 6 15/16" (irregular edges) bent, cracked, stained, scratches, worn edges, 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); 41 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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"This is where they lived." [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Additional writing on reverse: "If you look at Life Magazine 7 Mar '45 you can see more. Double wire fence." View from outside the perimeter fence toward a barrack. A guard tower is visible to the left. Numbered 103 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 6 7/8" bent, cracked, scratches, fingerprints, 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); 49 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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"They were laying all over the place like this" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Corpses of executed prisoners lie on the ground near the barracks. Liberators walk between the corpses and a barrack. Numbered 105 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 6 3/4" bent, cracked, scratches, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: paper label.
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); 55 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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"Charred bodies" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Charred remains of three prisoners burned on a section of railroad track. Numbered 115 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: 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); 61 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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"Fred Mercer, Co. B, 69th Sig. Bn., XX Corps, 3rd Army" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
United States--Army--Army, 3rd
United States--Army--Signal Battalion, 69th--Company B
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Fred Mercer poses between two Army jeeps. A large group of American troops are gathered behind the jeeps. Numbered 116 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, cracked, scratches, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. 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); 62 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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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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General Patton standing in his jeep addressing the assembled American troops [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Patton, George S. (George Smith)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Writing on reverse: "This is when he told us to kill all the SOB [sic], not to capture a one of the bastards." Another jeep is parked in front of the one Patton is standing in. A barrack is visible in the background. Numbered 113 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, cracked, scratches, worn edges, 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); 61 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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Corpses of prisoners loaded in a truck bed [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Corpses loaded in the truck with blankets covering them. One corpse remains on the ground. Numbered 106 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, scratched, stained, 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); 62 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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"A grave with thousands in it" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Numbered 109 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, cracked, stained, scratches, worn edges, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling, impression from writing on reverse of photo. 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); 97 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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