A Photographic Tour of 19th Century Germany [View all]

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A book of vintage photographs of German cities and festivals taken between 1840 and 1890 has just been published in Germany. They give an intriguing glimpse of the clash between tradition and modernity in Germany at the outset of the industrial age.

"From Biedermeier to Gründerzeit: Germany in Early Photographs 1840 - 1890," accompanies a major exhibition of the photographs opened in Munich's city museum in November.

The photos were collected by Munich collector Dietmar Siegert over more than four decades.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/book-of-photographs-show-germany-in-the-19th-century-a-877730.html

My favorite photograph is the first one. That's an imagination spark, for sure. I also like, in no particular order, photos 5, 7, and 10.