Living room in the Frankfurter Allee 125 in Berlin, taken on 18.11.1910. - The original caption reads: "Front house, Berlin parlor. The sick woman sleeps in this room, in which five people sew blouses and linen, with an adult daughter and a two-year-old child. Room dimensions: 6.75m long, 4.25m wide, 3.35m high." Flash shot. - The photo was taken on behalf of the Berlin Housing Enquête of the "Ortskrankenkasse der Kaufleute, Handelsleute und Apotheker" (Local Health Insurance Fund of Merchants, Tradesmen and Pharmacists) to document the living quarters in Berlin's slums. The study was intended to draw attention to the disastrous housing conditions as one of the main causes of widespread disease, in order to persuade the state and local authorities to combat the poor housing conditions. Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv [automated translation]
