Samples from the 24-page Werke der Schönschreibmeister, a book of calligraphic samples from 1573.
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1873 photograph of Rendswühren Man, dating from the first or…
1873 photograph of Rendswühren Man, dating from the first or second century A.D., discovered in 1871 near Kiel in northern Germany. The first bog man that had his photograph taken, apparently.
Poster by A.M. Cay for “Der Herr der Welt”…
Poster by A.M. Cay for “Der Herr der Welt” (“Master of the World”), 1935 German science-fiction film directed by Harry Piel.

Concealed knife, made in Wolfenbüttel prison, Germany, around 1994. One of a series of photographs o

The Schienenzeppelin, a propeller-powered rail vehicle, 1929.

Franz Tschakert and his “Woman of Glass” (1936)

Berlin Anti-Riot Police with “Radiophone”, 1923

“Operation Gomorrah”, Hamburg, Summer 1943.