21.
|
Carl Hertel, Young Germany in School [Jungdeutschland in der Schule] (1874)
Note that beside the large map of Europe there is a smaller one of the lands occupied by present-day Israel.
|
|
22.
|
Fifth-Grade Class in the Middle School in Wittenberge (1888)
This photograph was taken in the studio of A.C. Mohns.
|
|
23.
|
Children’s Inoculation in the Countryside [Ländliche Kinderimpfung] (1866)
Although communicable diseases proved more difficult to combat in overcrowded cities (with their “rental....
|
|
24.
|
Baron Hugo von Habermann, A Delicate Child [Ein Sorgenkind] (1886)
This study of a visit to a doctor’s office was painted in a naturalist style by Baron Hugo von Habermann (1849-1929). The son of a cavalry officer, Habermann was born in Dillingen on the Danube and....
|
|
25.
|
Kaiser Wilhelm I’s Royal Proclamation on Social Welfare (November 17, 1881)
This facsimile shows a portion of the throne speech of November 17, 1881, in which Kaiser....
|
|
26.
|
Collecting Benefits from Old-Age and Accident Insurance (c. 1890)
Entitled The Blessings of Old Age and Sickness Insurance [Der Segen der Alters- und Invalidenversicherung], this woodcut dates from about 1890, when Bismarck’s struggle to implement....
|
|
27.
|
Tragic News (1870)
Tragic news arrives at the door – a husband and father has been killed in a mine accident.....
|
|
28.
|
Kaiser Wilhelm II on the Workers Question (January 21, 1890)
This facsimile shows the first page of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s handwritten notes on the workers’ question [“Bemerkungen zur Arbeiterfrage”], dated January 21, 1890. These notes served as the basis for....
|
|
29.
|
Karl Marx, Capital [Das Kapital], Cover of the 1st Edition (1867)
Here we see a facsimile of the cover of the first edition of Karl Marx’s Capital [Das....
|
|
30.
|
"The Latest Rumor" (April 1872)
“Bankruptcy is coming!” [“Die Pleite kommt!”] In alarmist fashion, this caption conflates the economic setbacks and political scandals of the “founding....
|
|