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Middle class in Germany until 1914

Berlin people reading the news, 1914

Berlin people read special editions of papers on the Moritz place during the days of the mobilization.

Police and civilians in Berlin

Street scene with civilians and police. In the background is the paddy wagon, the vehicle for the transport of prisoners.

Children's room, c. 1910

Furniture of a children's room. Undated picture.

Family, 1910

A typical middle-class well-to-do family around 1910.

Men's Fashion, 1914

A young man in a suit with vest, hat in the hand and side parting. Fashionable jacket suit with board-a-board-front.

Family on the balcony, 1914

A group of women and children sit on a balcony while a man smokes at the window during the First World War.

Communal lunch, 1917

Communal lunch in a middle-class kitchen in Germany during the First World War.

Historical children's room

Grand bourgeois children's room.

Upper middle class living room, around 1900

Living room of an upper middle class family.

The painting "Wohltaetigkeit", around 1905

Poor people crowd around a soup kettle, left a bourgeois couple. After a painting by Professor Arthur Kampf.

Children's room, 1906

Furniture of a children's room.

Children's room, 1906

Furniture of a children's room.

Children's room, 1907

Furniture of a children's room.

Children's room, 1907

Furnishing of a children's room.

Civil servants' houses in Berlin, 1909

Residential area for the Berlin middle class. Passage from Martin-Lutherstrasse to Salzburgerstrasse in Schoeneberg.

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Garden work in Berlin, 1917

A bourgeois couple work in their allotment, wearing their Sunday best. Next to them, two poorer dressed women water their garden.

Ladies maid and housewife

A ladies maid packs a suitcase for a lady of good society.

Young family at the North Sea, 1890

A young wealthy family of the middle class at a seaside resort on the North Sea.

Chambermaid helping her mistress to get dressed, early 20th century

Drawing of a chambermaid helping her mistress to get dressed after a depiction of the society painter Ferdinand von Reznicek from the period before 1914.

Kiosk at the Bayreuth Festival, 1912

People in front of a kiosk selling postcards and other souvenirs at the Bayreuth Festival.

Artist in a studio in Munich, 1910

Artists from Munich make music in a studio in Schwabing. They are celebrating Christmas.

Berlin Artists' Society, 1910

Berlin artist's society at a New Year's Eve party. From left to right: Hans Junkermann, Else von Ruettersheim, Mrs Junkermann, Phila Wolff, Josef Gianpietro, Fritzi Massary, Guido Thielscher.

The artist tavern "Simplizissimus" in Munich

The "Simpl" in Schwabing during its heyday. In the audience is the actress Kathi Kobus (in front, left), the painter Schmutzler and the band leader Koppe.

Participants of a carnival in Berlin, 1902

Participants of a carnival ball in the "Bunte Theater" of the writer Ernst von Wolzogen in Berlin.

Kuenstlerkolonie Dachau (Artists' Colony of Dachau)

At the end of the day an artist from the Kuenstlerkolonie Dachau (Artists' Colony of Dachau) walks along the banks of the Amper with a servant carrying a pallet and other painting tools.

Art Academy in Berlin

Painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg (undated picture).

Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria at the German Artists' Union exhibition in Munich, 1910

Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821-1912) visits an exhibition of the German Artists' Union in Munich. The exhibition caused a great sensation, due to the many modern artists represented. In the background are impressionistic paintings.

Frank Wedekind with his wife

Frank Wedekind with his wife on the way to the theater.

Carnival in Berlin, 1902

Carnival in Wolzogen's "Bunte Theater" on 18 January 1902 in Berlin. From left to right: Ludwig Pietsch, Ernst von Wolzogen and his bride Elsa, Laura Seemann

Carnival at the "Bunte Theater", 1902

Carnival society in Ernst von Wolzogen's "Bunte Theater" in Berlin.

Mother with daughter, 1910

A mother with her daughter and a doll. [automated translation]

Sons with their mother, 1900

Two sons from upper class families with their mother. The boys wear the typical youth clothing of the upper classes, a suit with a stiff collar and tie.

Berliners reading news on the war, 1914

At the corner of Unter den Linden and Wilhelm Street, Berliners meet and read news about the war.

Berliners with a food basket, 1914

During the days of the July crisis, Berliners buy groceries to be prepared for a possible food shortage during war times.

Police station in Berlin, 1911

In the office of a police station in Berlin, four policemen and four civilians have a conversation

Family from Bremen, 1899

A family in front of their house in Bremen.

Frank Wedekind with his family

Frank Wedekind (1864-1918), a German writer and author, with his family in their home in Munich.

Mother with children, around 1900

A mother cooks while her children peek in the mixing bowl.

Henry Bender with family, 1906

The Berlin actor Henry Bender with family in his Bianchi Cabriolet.

Family under blossoming cherry trees in Werder, 1911

A family makes an excursion to Werder (Havel) during the blossoming of trees.

Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche

Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, sister of the German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.

Lovis Corinth with his wife, 1912

Lovis Corinth with his wife Charlotte Berend in the Italian Bordighera. The artist recovered there from a stroke.

Baptism, 1913

Women from five generations get together at a baptism in the house of veterinary officer Schmidt in Thale am Harz.

Playing

Teenagers play the game 'Kaemmerchen vermieten' in the forest (undated image).

Holidaymakers in a spa park, approx. 1900

Vacationers in a spa park in a seaside resort. Undated photo from around 1900.

Sunday walk, around 1900

A mother and her son on a walk through nature. Photo undated. [automated translation]

The Stettiner railway station in Berlin, 1906

Tourist traffic at the Stettiner railway station (now Nordbahnhof) in Berlin.

Pub in Berlin, 1907

In this Old Berlin Restaurant Lichtenhainer beer is served in birch mugs.

Adolescents, 1907

Adolescents when playing the card game 'Black Peter'.

Family excursion 1910

Sunday family outing of a wealthy bourgeois family in the large garden of Dresden, whose flower garden before the palace is a preferred destination of the upper classes on Sunday. The photograph was taken around 1910.

Governesses in Berlin, 1910

Children from the upper class in a city park in Berlin together with their nannies.

The teatime, 1911

Two ladies of the prosperous society during the afternoon tea.

A company solves puzzles, 1911

Men and women play puzzle.

Women in the high mountains, 1911

Two female hikers on a mountain peak.

Bathers in the Familienbad Wannsee 1911

Holidaymakers in the family bath Wannsee sit comfortably at a coffee and chat.

The Stettin Station, 1912

Holiday season in Berlin: tourists at the Stettin station.

Sandcastle, 1913

A boy builds an artistic sand castle in a German seaside resort in the Wilhelmine period.

Woman with her cosmetics case, 1913

A woman from better society in her bedroom filling cosmetics for her beauty case. [automated translation]

Cycling club in Munich, 1914

Members of a cycling club with family members in Munich

Serenade in a park, 1917

People meet in a Berlin beer garden in a park near Treptow to listen to a serenade during the First World War.

The Berlin singer Rosa Felsegg, 1917

The operetta singer in her apartment.

Recreation at the Wannsee, 1917

In summer the inhabitants of Berlin seek recreation in the seaside resort Wannsee. In the foreground there are people sitting at tables, in the background bathers can be seen.

Baltic Sea beach, 1918

Resort life on a Baltic Sea beach in the summer of 1918. The picture shows bathers during the morning promenade.

Wedding couple at a photographer, around 1900

Drawing of a bridal couple at the photographer. The date and photographer is unknown.

Wedding couple on motorcars, around 1900

A bridal couple in a car decorated with flowers on the way to church in Magdeburg.

"Verhaengnisvoller Sturz" ("Disastrous fall") by Reznicek Ferdinand , 1901

Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". Title of the drawing is "Verhaengnisvoller Sturz" ("Disastrous fall") by cartoonist Reznicek Ferdinand. Pictured in the Simplicissimus, vol. 5, issue no. 47, p. 375. Under the image is written, "Well, are you free, little one?" - "You are a clumsy man, and now you can marry me."

Wilhelm Filchner and his wife, 1905

The German geophysicist and explorer Wilhelm Filchner with his wife in Munich after his return from his expedition to Tibet.

The Lord Mayor of Berlin and the ladies of honor, 1905

Ladies of honor were appointed in particular for the reception of male members of the numerous ruling dynasties within the empire. The photo was taken at the wedding of the Prussian Crown Prince Whelm in Berlin, when the eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II married Princess Cecilie. Berlin's Lord Mayor Martin Kirschner is marked with an x.

Wedding, 1909

A bridal couple from 1909. The wedding dress made of flowered tulle was the latest fashion trend for the elegant woman.

Munich couple, 1906

Bridal couple from Munich.

Bridal couple entering the church, 1910

A bridal couple enters the church. The bride wears an elaborate dress made of silk voile with lace blouse and waist band.

Wedding couple, 1910

A bridal couple in 1910 walking down the steps in front of a church on a red carpet. The bride is wearing a fashionable white satin dress with lace and embroidery.

Hanseatic kontor in the 19th century

The photo shows an old Hanseatic kontor (foreign trading post) after a painting by Wilhelm Claudius. A secretary sits at a desk and writes down what is discussed. The interior decoration is very much in the style of the period.

Principal office in the 19th Century

Principal office from the end of the 19th Century.

Berliners during the outbreak of war in front of the office of the Berlin Lokalanzeiger, 1914

While Germany mobilizes its armed forces, Berliners gather in front of the Depeschensaal (dispatch room) of the Berliner Lokalanzeiger Unter den Linden, to wait for new messages. In the shop window hangs a map of Europe, in the center is the German Reich.

Nurses in an office, (1914)

Nurses in an office.

The director of a gymnasium in Berlin, 1909

The Privy Councillor Dr. C. Bardt, Director of the Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium in Berlin. After serving in this position for 22 years, he retired in 1909.

Albert Brockhaus, 1919

The publisher Albert Brockhaus in his office in Leipzig, furnished in the style of the time with a high-seat chair and high desk.

Dictating machine from 1913

A Berliner merchant in his office with one of the most modern office equipments of that time, a dictating machine.

Employees of the company Luederitz in German Southwest Africa, 1884

Three employees of the company Luederitz in Angra Pequena in German Southwest Africa (now Namibia), from left to right: Heinrich Vogelsang, Franck and Wagner. Vogelsang concluded the first purchase agreement with the Nama chief Joseph Fredericks on behalf of Adolf Luederitz.

Ärzte in der Berliner Charité

Ohrenärzte im Hörsaal der Berliner Charité vor 1914.

Open space office, around 1900

Office workers in an open plan office. Photo: Bundesdienst fuer Heimfragen (Federal Service for Home Issues).

Office from the turn of the century, around 1900

An office where a secretary is working at the typewriter.

Carnival procession in Munich, around 1900

The photograph from around 1900 shows participants of the Munich carnival procession, in which men from the service industry are presented as the real Olympic winners of that time. They have an old bicycle (still without rubber tyres) with them and carry a sign with the inscription "Olympic winners of today". In the background on the left is the Theatinerkirche. The participants are standing on Ludwigstrasse in front of the buildings at Ludwigstr. 3-11.

Etiquette lessons for higher girls, 1903

In the period before the First World War, the mastery of social etiquette was a basic requirement for girls from wealthy families. The scene shows a manners and etiquette class, where the girls practice giving strict reprimands to the service staff without falling out of character.

Rechenmaschine, 1913

Ein Angestellter bedient eine Rechenmaschine.

Artists' Society in Wiesbaden, 1906

Artists in the home of the Wiesbaden court opera singer Frederich. Front row from left: Mrs. Kraatz, court opera singer Schwegler, Mrs. Frederich. Back row from left: Kurt Kraatz, Mr. Frederich, writer Friedmann-Frederich, Professor H. Gruenfeld, senior director Braumiller.

Women's fashion, 1909

A lady with a strikingly large hat is walking accompanied by two men and is watched by others.

Women's fashion, 1911

A lady in skirt-like pants, the new fashion in Berlin, on the Tauentzienstrasse.

Hairdo in Japanese style, 1907

A young woman with Far Eastern hairstyle looking at herself in the mirror.

Scholarly room, 1906

A scholar in his library.

Bourgeois family, around 1910

A middle-class family with two children. Undated photo.