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The Lawspeaker
10-26-2010, 10:18 PM
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English-language travelogue to Berlin (1936)- for the Olympic Games.
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Dresden unzerstört 1939 (German)
http://www.jcosmas.com/realphotopostcardimages2/rppc-109.jpg
Pforzheim in the 1930s
http://www.jcosmas.com/realphotopostcardimages2/rppc-105.jpg
Koblenz in 1934
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Berlin_Unter_den_Linden_um_1900.jpg
Unter den Linden in Berlin (around 1900)
The Lawspeaker
05-13-2011, 07:58 PM
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Berlin 1936. Crystal clear images. :)
The Lawspeaker
10-17-2011, 03:16 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/33-405-7-Altstadtpanorama-Koeln-1935-4C-600.jpg
Panorama of the old town of Köln / Cologne with the Cologne Cathedral and the Great St. Martin Church. (1935)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Cochem_1919_HD-SN-99-02384.JPEG
"This old castle perched on a hilltop above the Moselle River and the town of Cochem, Germany, is headquarters of the U.S. Fourth Army Corps. In foreground is Cpl. James C. Sulzer, Fourth Army Corps, Photo Unit. January 9, 1919."
Blick auf Cochem an der Mosel am 9. Januar 1919. Das Bild wurde von Unteroffizier Charles E. Mace aufgenommen. Er gehörte zu Photo-Einheit des IV. Corps der U.S. Army, die ihr Hauptquartier in Cochem hatte. Im Vordergrund sitzt Corporal James C. Sulzer.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/BurgCochem1900.jpg
Cochem Castle between 1890 and 1905.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Mainz_BlickzumRhein_1890.jpg
Mainz towards the Rhine river (around 1890).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Mainz_-_Rheinansicht_2.jpg
Post card, undated ( ca 1914 ). Title:" Mainz - View to the city from Rhine".
Postkarte, undatiert ( ca 1914 ). Titel:" Mainz - Blick auf die Stadt von der Rheinseite".
Contra Mundum
10-17-2011, 03:26 PM
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Berlin 1936. Crystal clear images. :)
The German people seemed so happy in those days. After they were freed of the Jewish yoke and once again reclaimed prosperity and national pride.
The Lawspeaker
10-23-2011, 01:05 AM
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Das alte Frankfurt vor dem 2. Weltkrieg Teil 1.
Bilder aus der Mainmetroplole vor der Zerstörung
durch die Luftangriffe 1944.
Die Alstadt zwischen 1000-jährigem Dom und Römer.
Die Auswirkung vom Hochwasser des Mains.
Internationale Arbeiterolympiade 1925.
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Das alte Frankfurt vor dem 2. Weltkrieg Teil 2.
Bilder aus der Mainmetroplole vor der Zerstörung
durch die Luftangriffe 1944.
Automobilschau in den 20er Jahren.
Zeppelin-Luftschiffe und Flughafenbau.
Rückkehr von Max Schmehling nach dem Gewinn
der Box-Weltmeisterschaft.
Der Frankfurter Zoo.
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Das alte Frankfurt vor dem 2. Weltkrieg Teil 3
Bilder aus der Mainmetroplole vor der Zerstörung
durch die Luftangriffe 1944.
Einzug des Nationalsozialismus in Frankfurt.
Krönungsweg der deutschen Kaiser unter Hakenkreuzflaggen.
Römerbergfestspiele.
Bilder aus der unzerstörten Altstadt, Alte Oper
und Sachsenhausen.
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Die Altstadt von Frankfurt vor der Zerstörung
Bilder vom mittelalterlichen Zentrum Frankfurts,
welches durch die Luftangriffe im 2. Weltkrieg
fast vollkommen zerstört worden ist.
The Lawspeaker
10-23-2011, 02:33 AM
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Fotos von Berlin und Potsdam aufgenommen um 1900. Von der Library of Congress Photochrome Collection.
Photos of Berlin and Potsdam taken around 1900. From the Library of Congress Photochrom Collection.
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Das alte Berlin
Max Missmann war einer der bedeutesten Landschafts- und Architekturfotografen seiner Zeit. Seine Aufnahmen bekannter Plätze in Berlin, enstanden Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Zankapfel
12-21-2011, 02:05 AM
19th Century Architecture of major German cities, included some of those taken after WWII.
Berlin
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00332v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00341v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00343v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00347v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00339v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00367v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00336v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00333v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00350v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00346v.jpg
Dresden
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00938v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00942v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00946v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00954v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00955v.jpg
Zankapfel
12-21-2011, 02:15 AM
Leipzig
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00966v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00965v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00969v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00961v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00967v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00900/00964v.jpg
Breslau/Wroclaw
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01065v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01064v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01058v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01062v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01068v.jpg
Stettin/Szczecin
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00100/00118v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00716v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00100/00117v.jpg
Zankapfel
12-21-2011, 02:21 AM
München
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00000/00058v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00000/00072v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00000/00073v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00000/00074v.jpg
Freiburg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00301v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00302v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00298v.jpg
Hamburg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00400v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00402v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00401v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00411v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00404v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00425v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00415v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00412v.jpg
Zankapfel
12-21-2011, 02:30 AM
Karlsruhe
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00315v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00319v.jpg
Magdeburg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01010v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01011v.jpg
Halle
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01006v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01007v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01000/01005v.jpg
Danzig/Gdansk
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00749v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00750v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00751v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00752v.jpg
Zankapfel
12-21-2011, 02:37 AM
Bremen
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00369v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00370v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00379v.jpg
Frankfurt am Main
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00382v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00388v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00390v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00300/00391v.jpg
Hannover
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00455v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00448v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00456v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00400/00458v.jpg
Braunschweig
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00500/00504v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00500/00506v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00500/00513v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00500/00511v.jpg
Supreme American
12-21-2011, 02:38 AM
Thanks! I love traditional architecture. It just amazes me, the uniqueness of it. Most of my family originates in southern Germany, so I'd very much love to visit there some day.
Zankapfel
12-21-2011, 02:44 AM
Kassel
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00600/00615v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00600/00604v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00600/00605v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00600/00606v.jpg
Lübeck
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00600/00663v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00600/00666v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00600/00664v.jpg
Königsberg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00735v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00737v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00742v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00739v.jpg
Bonn
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00700/00790v.jpg
Köln
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00800/00804v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00800/00813v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00800/00816v.jpg
Zankapfel
12-21-2011, 02:50 AM
Köln [II]
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00800/00861v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00800/00817v.jpg
Düsseldorf
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00800/00825v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00800/00826v.jpg
Straßburg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00000/00017v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00000/00013v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00000/00014v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/00000/00015v.jpg
Stars Down To Earth
12-21-2011, 03:30 AM
Good thread, Zanky. :) I'm a fan of old architecture as well (especially unique sorts, like the 19th century German style), and it's pretty fascinating to see how Germany's old cities looked like only a century ago. Breslau, Stettin, Strassburg...it's like another world now.
A shame how Germany's eastern cities got destroyed in the war and were replaced by endless, grey, commie-blocks...
Geminus
12-21-2011, 09:11 AM
A shame how Germany's eastern cities got destroyed in the war and were replaced by endless, grey, commie-blocks...
It's also a shame that the British and Americans bombed these beautiful cities. Especially in Dresden and Hamburg many of the old buildings were destroyed.
Zankapfel
12-21-2011, 01:52 PM
Thanks for your replies! Rather than engage in endless and futile banter about negative German stereotypes, showcasing some of the reasons why we can and should be proud of our history and country works better for me.
Agreed about how much beauty and architectural/historical heritage was lost along with these buildings.
Another great source for old photos of buildings, more specifically from the city of Frankfurt - which supposedly is considered as a successful reconstruction by many, but I beg to differ - is this: Alt Frankfurt (http://www.altfrankfurt.com/Default.htm)
I, to a great extent too, deplore the absence of detail, ornament, elegance and beauty in so many contemporary buildings; they seem to suffer from shortcuts, simplicity and similarity these days.
However, it is funny ColourBlind should mention commieblocks, because a thread about East German architecture is in the cards as well.
I can appreciate Socialist Classicism in Germany's case, oddly enough, for very personal reasons. You'd be surprised to find that East German architecture has a lot more to offer than just urban eyesores ;]
Fortis in Arduis
12-21-2011, 02:05 PM
I find the interior of the destroyed Reichschancellery really thrilling from a design point of view.
Was there not also a plan to build a huge, neo-classical bow-fronted municipal building during the same period?
Long, and huge but bow-fronted to make it appear even larger, using the same visual trick as the Ancient Greek pillars which narrowed at the top to appear longer?
I have seen pics or plans, but cannot remember the name or further details, was it a concert hall, or an opera house?
Bow-fronted, like these town houses, but the bow being the full length of a whole terrace:
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/99/36/1993620_724c9808.jpg
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