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Call Number:

PH-00590

Collection Name:

Album of German postcards from World War I

Creator:

Gebr. Haeckel, active 1900/1909 - 1910/1919

Grohs, Alfred, 1880-1935, active 1910 - 1919

Gustav Liersch (Berlin)

Menzendorf, Alex, 1874 - 1949, active 1890/1899 - 1940/1949

Photochemie Berlin, active 1910 - 1919

Sennecke, Robert, 1885 - 1940

No. of Items:

204 items in 1 album

Span Dates:

1914?

Description:

Album containing 204 German photo-reproduction postcards from World War I. Cards chiefly published by Photochemie Berlin and Gustav Liersch, Berlin. Not all photographers whose work is represented are known. Those identified are Alfred Grohs (German, 1880-1935), Gebr. Haeckel, Alex Menzendorf (German, 1874-1949), and Robert Sennecke (German, 1885-1940). Processes included in the album are collotypes, gelatin silver, and photogravures. Some are hand-colored.

Accession No(s):

964:1014:0001-0204

Location(s):

f TR 655.11 A527 HRC-P (964:1014:0001-0204)
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