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SZ Photo - Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and media in the German Empire

Letter, newspaper and telephone: communication at the time of the Wilhelminian era. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

Kaiser Wilhelm II. on Corfu

01.01.1900 - German Kaiser Wilhelm II writes at his desk in the Park of the Achilleion Palace on Corfu. The Achilleion Palace with its impressive parks and its old bridge which led to the sea,...
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Post office of wireless telegraphy, 1911

01.01.1911 - Transmission tower for wireless telegraphy at the post office in Swinoujscie. Before the post office horse carriages can be seen. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Postman, around 1900

01.01.1895 - Der laengst ersehnte Liebesbrief a painting by E. Blume Siebert. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Letter sorter in Berlin's Main Post Office, 1908

01.01.1908 - Employees sort in the main post office in Berlin. In the working room a warning is attached: 'Reading the postcards or the contemplation of the images on these is strictly prohibit...
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Postman, 1910

01.01.1910 - A postman on his round. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Loading of packages into the tram, 1928

01.01.1900 - In front of a post office packages are loaded into a tram. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Postman in the Sudeten Mountains, 1910

01.01.1910 - The postman in the Sudeten Mountains delivers the post in winter on a sledge. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Launch of a biplane from the board of the "Pennsylvania", 1910

24.12.1910 - The German Hamburg-America Line experimented at the beginning of the 20th century with the launch of postal aircraft on the deck of ships. Here, the American pilot Ely tries to lau...
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Women's and shoe fashions from 1909

03.03.1909 - Woman with patent leather mules with small silk bows. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Post car 1910

01.01.1910 - A postal worker standing in a post car, in which mail can be sorted when driving. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Paul Ehrlich

01.01.1900 - Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), German physician, professor in Berlin (from 1890), Goettingen (from 1904) and Frankfurt (from 1914). From 1899 he directed the Institute of Experimental T...
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People reading newspapers follow the crisis before the outbreak of war, 1914

01.01.1914 - In the Serbian town of Nis, people read the news after the Austrian heir to the throne was murdered in Sarajevo in June 1914 and war between Austria and Serbia threatened. [XPAEXPO...
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Otto von Gierke

01.01.1910 - Otto von Gierke (1841-1921), Jurist und Rechtshistoriker. Fotografie von R. Dührkoop. Foto: Heliogravüre, Corpus Imaginum, Sammlung Hanfstaengl. (Aufnahmedatum: 01.01.1910-10.10.19...
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Postman in German Southwest Africa, 1903

01.01.1903 - A local postman in German South West Africa carries a mail bag on his head. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Adolph von Menzel

08.02.1815 - Adolph von Menzel (1815-1905), German artist. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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Theodor Mommsen

30.11.1817 - Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), deutscher Jurist und Historiker. Für seine 'Römische Geschichte' erhielt Mommsen 1902 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten w...
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Mobilization in Berlin, 1914

01.08.1914 - Police officers adjust a poster to an advertising pillar in Berlin with the order to convene the Landsturm (People's storm troop). [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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Old men discuss the front line during the First World War, 1914-1918

01.01.1914 - "So is the War" - colored postcard of the Bayerischen Landeskomitee fuer freiwillige Krankenpflege im Kriege (Bavarian National Committee for Voluntary Nursing in War). It depicts...
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Prince Georg of Bavaria, 1912

01.01.1912 - Portrait of Prince Georg. He was commander of the II. Seebataillon. Prince Georg was the nephew of King Ludwig III. and the husband of Archduchess Isabella of Austria. In 1912 Prin...
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Pigeon post during the imperial manoeuvres, 1905

01.01.1905 - Soldiers of the German army release carrier pigeons during a manoeuvre. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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avenue, boulevard,

01.01.1905 - avenue, boulevard, Berlin - historical images: streets, Germany [XPAEXPORTID003007]
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Kaiser Wilhelm II. on Corfu
Letter sorter in Berlin's Main Post Office, 1908
Postman in the Sudeten Mountains, 1910
Post office of wireless telegraphy, 1911
Postman, 1910
Launch of a biplane from the board of the "Pennsylvania", 1910
Postman, around 1900
Loading of packages into the tram, 1928
Women's and shoe fashions from 1909

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