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11.   Transportation in Berlin (1905)
Industrialization created waves of urbanization, swelling cities with ever more people, who had to be accommodated by ever-larger networks of transportation, infrastructure, and public administration.....
12.   The Automobile (1913)
Automobile travel was pioneered in Wilhelmine Germany. The sophistication of German technology coupled with entrepreneurial....
13.   The "Atom" Vacuum Cleaner: Advertisement by the Firm L.F. Nissen (1906)
Consumerism became a prominent part of industrial Germany. This advertisement for the “Atom” vacuum cleaner illustrates both the promises of consumer devices and the rise of modern advertising. Like....
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