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Headline: Young people, 1907Date: 01.05.1907Image text: A young woman and a young man sitting on a bench.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00652583Young people, 1907A young woman and a young man sitting on a bench.
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Headline: Dr. Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand and his wife Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain, 1908Date: 01.01.1908Image text: Dr. Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand of Bavaria with hand in the vest and his wife Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain. He was the son of Prince Adalbert, brother of Ruprecht of Bavaria, as well as husband of Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain, who was his cousin. Besides his occupation as a physician, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand was also General of the Cavalry, General of the Royal Spanish Army Medical Corps and Honorary Surgeon of the Royal Spanish Academy, as well as artist and musician.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00276537Dr. Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand and his wife Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain, 1908Dr. Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand of Bavaria with hand in the vest and his wife Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain. He was the son of Prince Adalbert, brother of Ruprecht of Bavaria, as well as husband of Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain, who was his cousin. Besides his occupation as a physician, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand was also General of the Cavalry, General of the Royal Spanish Army Medical Corps and Honorary Surgeon of the Royal Spanish Academy, as well as artist and musician.
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Headline: Parade in Frankfurt am Main, 1911Date: 01.01.1911Image text: Flower-bedecked group from the pageant at the 25th Bundestag des Deutschen Radfahrerbundes (Day of the German Cycling Federation). In the middle the "Lady of Honor". The men drive a wheel of the brand Bessier.Photo: ScherlImage number: 01052748Parade in Frankfurt am Main, 1911Flower-bedecked group from the pageant at the 25th Bundestag des Deutschen Radfahrerbundes (Day of the German Cycling Federation). In the middle the "Lady of Honor". The men drive a wheel of the brand Bessier.
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Headline: Hilmar Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen with his family, 1912Date: 01.01.1912Image text: The German diplomat Hilmar Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen with wife Maria Eleonora Martinez de Hoz and his children Mathilde, Karl and Kurt.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00591762Hilmar Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen with his family, 1912The German diplomat Hilmar Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen with wife Maria Eleonora Martinez de Hoz and his children Mathilde, Karl and Kurt.
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Headline: Art exhibition of the Berlin Secession, 1913Date: 01.01.1913Image text: Two visitors from the better society at an exhibition of the Berlin Secession. At that time, this artists' association consciously distanced itself from the art establishment and influenced German Impressionism.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02314335Art exhibition of the Berlin Secession, 1913Two visitors from the better society at an exhibition of the Berlin Secession. At that time, this artists' association consciously distanced itself from the art establishment and influenced German Impressionism.
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Headline: Woman gardening, around 1915Date: 01.01.1914Image text: Since a large number of men were drafted into the army, more and more women took over the men's work at home during the First World War. Here in the picture, a young woman is shown doing gardening.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00822282Woman gardening, around 1915Since a large number of men were drafted into the army, more and more women took over the men's work at home during the First World War. Here in the picture, a young woman is shown doing gardening.
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Headline: Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg with family, 1914Date: 01.01.1914Image text: Grand Duke Friedrich Franz with his wife Alexandra of Hannover and Cumberland and their first two sons Friedrich Franz (on the donkey) and Christian Ludwig (on the mother's arm).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00824897Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg with family, 1914Grand Duke Friedrich Franz with his wife Alexandra of Hannover and Cumberland and their first two sons Friedrich Franz (on the donkey) and Christian Ludwig (on the mother's arm).
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Headline: Women's fashion, 1914Date: 01.01.1914Image text: Woman in a long pair of trousers, the latest women's fashion at that time, getting out of the car.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00834663Women's fashion, 1914Woman in a long pair of trousers, the latest women's fashion at that time, getting out of the car.
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Headline: Women's fashion, 1914Date: 01.01.1914Image text: Woman wearing a Parisian racecourse toilet from the Parisian spring fashion and a plumed hat.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00834665Women's fashion, 1914Woman wearing a Parisian racecourse toilet from the Parisian spring fashion and a plumed hat.
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Headline: Frank Wedekind with his wifeDate: 01.01.1900Image text: Frank Wedekind with his wife on the way to the theater.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00093758Frank Wedekind with his wifeFrank Wedekind with his wife on the way to the theater.
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Headline: "Higher girls" with chaperone, 1907Date: 01.01.1907Image text: Girls from the better society walking through the streets of Berlin led by a chaperone. They are followed by three apparently interested young men.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00827367"Higher girls" with chaperone, 1907Girls from the better society walking through the streets of Berlin led by a chaperone. They are followed by three apparently interested young men.
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Headline: Culottes fashion, 1911Date: 01.01.1911Image text: Women wear divided skirts and big hats in the Berlin Tiergarten in early 1911.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00834703Culottes fashion, 1911Women wear divided skirts and big hats in the Berlin Tiergarten in early 1911.
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Headline: Ernst August of Brunswick, Oskar and Victoria Louise of Prussia in Berlin, 1913Date: 01.01.1913Image text: From left to right: Prince Oskar of Prussia, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia and her fiance, Duke Ernst August III of Brunswick, taking a walk in the Tiergarten in Berlin in 1913.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00283593Ernst August of Brunswick, Oskar and Victoria Louise of Prussia in Berlin, 1913From left to right: Prince Oskar of Prussia, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia and her fiance, Duke Ernst August III of Brunswick, taking a walk in the Tiergarten in Berlin in 1913.
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Headline: Women's fashion, 1913Date: 01.01.1913Image text: After the Balkan War, a new fashion is emerging. Women wear nose veil that is commonly used in Turkey.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00834673Women's fashion, 1913After the Balkan War, a new fashion is emerging. Women wear nose veil that is commonly used in Turkey.
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Headline: Ferdinand von Reznicek "Freie Liebe" ("Free love"), 1899Date: 01.01.1899Image text: The drawing "Freie Liebe" ("Free love") by Ferdinand von Reznicek. Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus," Volume 3, Issue Number 21 (1899). Under the picture: "When will you finally abandon your enthusiasm for free love?" - "As soon as one marries me."Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 02363423Ferdinand von Reznicek "Freie Liebe" ("Free love"), 1899The drawing "Freie Liebe" ("Free love") by Ferdinand von Reznicek. Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus," Volume 3, Issue Number 21 (1899). Under the picture: "When will you finally abandon your enthusiasm for free love?" - "As soon as one marries me."
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Headline: Ferdinand von Reznicek "Das Wunder"Date: 01.01.1898Image text: The drawing "Das Wunder" (The miracle) by Ferdinand von Reznicek. Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus", Volume 3, Issue no. 10, p. 77.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 02349522Ferdinand von Reznicek "Das Wunder"The drawing "Das Wunder" (The miracle) by Ferdinand von Reznicek. Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus", Volume 3, Issue no. 10, p. 77.
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Headline: "Casanova" by Reznicek Ferdinand , 1901Date: 01.01.1901Image text: Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". Shown in Simplicissimus vol. 5, issue no. 33, p. 263. Title of the drawing is "Casanova" by cartoonist Reznicek Ferdinand. Below the picture: "What must be admired in this Casanova is not that he has seduced so many women, but that he did get rid of them all. "Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 02371613"Casanova" by Reznicek Ferdinand , 1901Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". Shown in Simplicissimus vol. 5, issue no. 33, p. 263. Title of the drawing is "Casanova" by cartoonist Reznicek Ferdinand. Below the picture: "What must be admired in this Casanova is not that he has seduced so many women, but that he did get rid of them all. "
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Headline: "Modern" by Reznicek Ferdinand, 1901Date: 01.01.1901Image text: Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". Title of the drawing is "Modern" by cartoonist Reznicek Ferdinand. Shown in the Simplicissimus, vol. 5, issue no. 36, p. 286. The drawing shows a man and a woman. Under the picture it reads: "What is the relationship between you, Miss Clara, and the gentleman with whom I saw you yesterday?" - "Oh, we are both distantly-married."Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 02371615"Modern" by Reznicek Ferdinand, 1901Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". Title of the drawing is "Modern" by cartoonist Reznicek Ferdinand. Shown in the Simplicissimus, vol. 5, issue no. 36, p. 286. The drawing shows a man and a woman. Under the picture it reads: "What is the relationship between you, Miss Clara, and the gentleman with whom I saw you yesterday?" - "Oh, we are both distantly-married."
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Headline: "Allerhoechstes Wohlgefallen" ("Superior delight") by Ernst Heilemann, 1901Date: 01.01.1901Image text: Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". The title of the drawing is "Allerhoechstes Wohlgefallen" ("Superior delight") by cartoonist Ernst Heilemann. Pictured in the Simplicissimus, vol. 5, issue no. 23, p. 184. Under the picture one can read: "I like the openness of such nice ballet girls more than of my ministers."Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 02371623"Allerhoechstes Wohlgefallen" ("Superior delight") by Ernst Heilemann, 1901Cartoon from the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". The title of the drawing is "Allerhoechstes Wohlgefallen" ("Superior delight") by cartoonist Ernst Heilemann. Pictured in the Simplicissimus, vol. 5, issue no. 23, p. 184. Under the picture one can read: "I like the openness of such nice ballet girls more than of my ministers."
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Headline: "Romeo and Juliet" at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, 1884Date: 01.01.1884Image text: Josef Kainz and Anna von Hochenburger as Romeo and Juliet.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 02268259"Romeo and Juliet" at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, 1884Josef Kainz and Anna von Hochenburger as Romeo and Juliet.
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Headline: Couple "Fensterln", 1903Date: 01.01.1903Image text: A couple when "Fensterln" (climbing in one's lover's window) on a Bavarian alpine pasture.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00303216Couple "Fensterln", 1903A couple when "Fensterln" (climbing in one's lover's window) on a Bavarian alpine pasture.
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Headline: A police officer warns people in bathing suitsDate: 01.01.1895Image text: A Prussian policeman with spiked helmet and sword warns with notebook in hand, the "light" dressed young women at a Berlin bathing lake.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00089986A police officer warns people in bathing suitsA Prussian policeman with spiked helmet and sword warns with notebook in hand, the "light" dressed young women at a Berlin bathing lake.
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Headline: Policeman and passersby on a street in Berlin, 1908Date: 01.01.1908Image text: A Berlin police officer stands on the street. Instead of the spiked helmet he is wears the newly introduced summer hat.Photo: Knorr + HirthImage number: 00050604Policeman and passersby on a street in Berlin, 1908A Berlin police officer stands on the street. Instead of the spiked helmet he is wears the newly introduced summer hat.
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Headline: Tourist in Berlin, 1910Date: 01.01.1910Image text: A tourist asks a policeman for directions. The policeman wears a spiked helmet and a saber.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00945490Tourist in Berlin, 1910A tourist asks a policeman for directions. The policeman wears a spiked helmet and a saber.
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Headline: Police cautions a woman, 1913Date: 27.04.1913Image text: A policeman in Berlin cautions a woman with a protruding hat pin. The hat pin decree required women to cover their hat pins so as not to endanger other people, otherwise they were fined 60 Marks.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00014628Police cautions a woman, 1913A policeman in Berlin cautions a woman with a protruding hat pin. The hat pin decree required women to cover their hat pins so as not to endanger other people, otherwise they were fined 60 Marks.
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Headline: Bathers at the Wannsee beach, around 1900Date: 31.05.1900Image text: Turkish bathers (an Ottoman flag on tent) at the Wannsee beach during a police check, they are fined 5 Marks for illegal swimming and camping.Photo: ScherlImage number: 01098233Bathers at the Wannsee beach, around 1900Turkish bathers (an Ottoman flag on tent) at the Wannsee beach during a police check, they are fined 5 Marks for illegal swimming and camping.
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Headline: Emperor William II and Empress Auguste Viktoria in Berlin, undatedDate: 01.01.1900Image text: Undated watercolor by Paul Gerhart Vowe of the great Defiliercour in front of the imperial couple in the Berlin Stadtschloss. In the background servants.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00283097Emperor William II and Empress Auguste Viktoria in Berlin, undatedUndated watercolor by Paul Gerhart Vowe of the great Defiliercour in front of the imperial couple in the Berlin Stadtschloss. In the background servants.
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Headline: Empress Augusta Victoria in Gera, 1905Date: 01.01.1905Image text: Official welcoming of the Empress Augusta Victoria in Gera. An honorary young woman hands her a bouquet of flowers.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00061476Empress Augusta Victoria in Gera, 1905Official welcoming of the Empress Augusta Victoria in Gera. An honorary young woman hands her a bouquet of flowers.
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Headline: Ladies of honour, around 1900Date: 01.01.1900Image text: A group of white-clothed "Ehrenjungfrauen" (Ladies of Honour) are awaiting the visit of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands together with the Berlin magistrate. The photo is undated.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 01093179Ladies of honour, around 1900A group of white-clothed "Ehrenjungfrauen" (Ladies of Honour) are awaiting the visit of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands together with the Berlin magistrate. The photo is undated.
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Headline: Lady of honour, 1905Date: 01.01.1905Image text: Dress of an "Ehrenjungfrau" (Lady of Honour), who were used as a kind of decoration piece by the ruling dynasties in the empire at festive receptions.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00823108Lady of honour, 1905Dress of an "Ehrenjungfrau" (Lady of Honour), who were used as a kind of decoration piece by the ruling dynasties in the empire at festive receptions.
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Headline: School of decency teaching in London, 1903Date: 01.01.1903Image text: In a London girls' school for members of the upper-class, young ladies get a social education for good, intellectual manners. This one shows them how to rebuke the service staff, without falling out of the role.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00061470School of decency teaching in London, 1903In a London girls' school for members of the upper-class, young ladies get a social education for good, intellectual manners. This one shows them how to rebuke the service staff, without falling out of the role.
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Headline: Wilhelminism in Germany outdoors - 1900 to 1914Date: 01.01.1903Image text: Wilhelminism in Germany outdoors - 1900 to 1914Photo: ScherlImage number: 01093163Wilhelminism in Germany outdoors - 1900 to 1914Wilhelminism in Germany outdoors - 1900 to 1914
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Headline: Woman in the kitchen, 1913Date: 01.01.1913Image text: A housewife pours a liquid mineral nutriment obtained from vegetables from a pot into a glass. This can later be used for vegetable soups.Photo: ScherlImage number: 01094044Woman in the kitchen, 1913A housewife pours a liquid mineral nutriment obtained from vegetables from a pot into a glass. This can later be used for vegetable soups.
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Headline: Preserving device, 1914Date: 01.09.1914Image text: Housewife with a modern preserving device for making provisions for the war years.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00750444Preserving device, 1914Housewife with a modern preserving device for making provisions for the war years.
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Headline: Etiquette lessons for higher girls, 1903Date: 01.01.1903Image text: 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.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00827384Etiquette lessons for higher girls, 1903In 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.
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Headline: Shooting of a Messter sound film, 1908Date: 01.01.1908Image text: Shooting of a Messter sound film. With the coupling of a film projector, a gramophone and the simultaneous playback of synchronously recorded platters, film pioneer Oskar Messter succeeded in producing sound films in 1903. He named the device for synchronizing silent films with gramophones a biophone.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 01022382Shooting of a Messter sound film, 1908Shooting of a Messter sound film. With the coupling of a film projector, a gramophone and the simultaneous playback of synchronously recorded platters, film pioneer Oskar Messter succeeded in producing sound films in 1903. He named the device for synchronizing silent films with gramophones a biophone.
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Headline: Carnival in Munich, 1911Date: 01.01.1911Image text: The photograph shows two persons in the disguises of Pierrot and Colombina, two figures from comedies, at the carnival in Munich in 1911.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00935793Carnival in Munich, 1911The photograph shows two persons in the disguises of Pierrot and Colombina, two figures from comedies, at the carnival in Munich in 1911.
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Headline: Performance of the Tango Argentino, 1911Date: 14.03.1911Image text: A couple performs dancing figures of the tango Argentino, which was a fashionable dance at that time in Europe.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00042873Performance of the Tango Argentino, 1911A couple performs dancing figures of the tango Argentino, which was a fashionable dance at that time in Europe.
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Headline: Performance of the Tango Argentino, 1911Date: 14.03.1911Image text: A couple performs dancing figures of the tango Argentino, which was a fashionable dance at that time in Europe.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00042874Performance of the Tango Argentino, 1911A couple performs dancing figures of the tango Argentino, which was a fashionable dance at that time in Europe.
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Headline: Tango Argentino on the ice, 1911Date: 16.10.1911Image text: Figure skaters Ms. Sobeck and Mr. Muendner dance a tango Argentino in Berlin's Ice Palace, at this time a fashionable dance.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00042872Tango Argentino on the ice, 1911Figure skaters Ms. Sobeck and Mr. Muendner dance a tango Argentino in Berlin's Ice Palace, at this time a fashionable dance.
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Headline: Teenagers dancing American dance, 1912Date: 01.01.1912Image text: Around the turn of the century the first American dances reached Europe and were indignantly rejected by the conservative public. The youth, as seen here in the picture, embraced the new trend with enthusiasm.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00826985Teenagers dancing American dance, 1912Around the turn of the century the first American dances reached Europe and were indignantly rejected by the conservative public. The youth, as seen here in the picture, embraced the new trend with enthusiasm.
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Headline: Music class in the Duncan School in Berlin, 1914Date: 09.02.1914Image text: A teacher and students of the 'Duncan School for Girls' in Berlin have grouped around a piano during the music lesson.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00013860Music class in the Duncan School in Berlin, 1914A teacher and students of the 'Duncan School for Girls' in Berlin have grouped around a piano during the music lesson.
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Headline: dance lessons in Berlin, 1906Date: 01.01.1906Image text: At the Old Berlin Dance Institute in Dellbrueck, girls from respected and wealthy families practice dancing for the upcoming winter ball season. Most of the gentlemen were officers from impoverished old nobility and hoped that the dance lessons would bring them a "good catch".Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00827385dance lessons in Berlin, 1906At the Old Berlin Dance Institute in Dellbrueck, girls from respected and wealthy families practice dancing for the upcoming winter ball season. Most of the gentlemen were officers from impoverished old nobility and hoped that the dance lessons would bring them a "good catch".
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Headline: Ballet rehearsal at the Koenigliche Hoftheater in Hannover, 1908Date: 01.01.1908Image text: The picture shows a ballet rehearsal in Hanover.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00827380Ballet rehearsal at the Koenigliche Hoftheater in Hannover, 1908The picture shows a ballet rehearsal in Hanover.
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Headline: Mother and daughter before the first ball, 1905Date: 01.01.1905Image text: A mother and daughter of the better society sit on a chaise longue in ballroom dress, while waiting for the head of the family.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00827371Mother and daughter before the first ball, 1905A mother and daughter of the better society sit on a chaise longue in ballroom dress, while waiting for the head of the family.
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Headline: The Lord Mayor of Berlin and the ladies of honor, 1905Date: 01.01.1905Image text: 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.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00823112The Lord Mayor of Berlin and the ladies of honor, 1905Ladies 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.
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Headline: Living room in Berlin, 1906Date: 01.01.1906Image text: Living room in the household of a German skilled worker in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00824895Living room in Berlin, 1906Living room in the household of a German skilled worker in Berlin.
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Headline: Summer fashion, 1906Date: 01.01.1906Image text: Gentlewomen of the Berlin society wearing elegant toilets for a morning promenade.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00834752Summer fashion, 1906Gentlewomen of the Berlin society wearing elegant toilets for a morning promenade.
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Headline: Woman from a working class family, 1906Date: 01.01.1906Image text: In the kitchen of a block of flats in one of Berlin's large working-class districts, the housewife cuts the meat for the weekend roast.Photo: ScherlImage number: 01094028Woman from a working class family, 1906In the kitchen of a block of flats in one of Berlin's large working-class districts, the housewife cuts the meat for the weekend roast.
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