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Beaver Island Historical Society presents a World War I exhibit and firearms display, 2017

Also Beaver Island WWI exhibit · Print Shop Night at the Museum 2017

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TypeEvent
Dates2017-07-16 – 2017-08-14
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2017-07-16 – 2017-08-14
Kind
Exhibition
Where
structure/beaver-island-print-shop
Carried out by
Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
historymilitary-historymuseumspublic-history
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In July 2017, the Beaver Island Historical Society presented a World War I centennial exhibit at the Print Shop and announced a one-night display of Paul Welke’s WWI firearms collection. Other WWI artifacts were scheduled to remain on display for a month.

Evidence limits

The Society’s notice establishes the exhibit and advertised display. It does not provide attendance, a full exhibit inventory, or independent provenance documentation for the loaned objects.

Sources

  1. Beaver Island Historical Society, “SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE PRINT SHOP...WWI exhibit & Gun Displ,” Beaver Island Forum, July 14, 2017.
    The Historical Society announced a July 16 evening program at the Print Shop featuring a centennial World War I exhibit and Paul Welke’s collection of WWI rifles and a Hotchkiss machine gun; other artifacts were to remain on display for a month. The notice documents the planned public-history program and lender acknowledgments, not attendance or independent artifact provenance. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t011903

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society presents a World War I exhibit and firearms display, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wwi-exhibit-and-firearms-display-2017/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society, “SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE PRINT SHOP...WWI exhibit & Gun Displ,” Beaver Island Forum, July 14, 2017..

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