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1.   Berlin in the Building Boom of the Founding Era (early 1870s)
This painting by Friedrich Kaiser (1875) shows construction on the Grenadierstraße, which was part of the building boom that transformed Berlin and many other German cities in the early 1870s. The....
Berlin in the Building Boom of the Founding Era (early 1870s)
2.   Rental Barracks on Kastanienallee in the Prenzlauer Berg Neighborhood of Berlin (1880s)
Rapid urbanization from mid-century onward resulted in rental barracks [Mietskaserne]....
Rental Barracks on Kastanienallee in the Prenzlauer Berg Neighborhood of Berlin (1880s)
3.   Temporary Lodgings for Emigrants, Hamburg (1882)
This woodcut by Gustav Broling depicts temporary lodgings in the port city of Hamburg. This type of housing was designed to accommodate some of the tens of thousands of emigrants who booked third-class....
Temporary Lodgings for Emigrants, Hamburg (1882)
4.   Proportion of Non-Agricultural Workers in Germany’s Federal States and Prussian Provinces (1882)
This map, based on census data from 1882, shows wide variations among German federal states and Prussian provinces in the proportion of their population engaged in non-agricultural employment (that....
Proportion of Non-Agricultural Workers in Germany’s Federal States and Prussian Provinces (1882)
5.   Introduction of Mechanized Threshing in the Countryside (1882)
In the last third of the nineteenth century, Germany’s agricultural output nearly doubled, despite the fact that industry and commerce grew even more quickly. One reason for increased output was....
Introduction of Mechanized Threshing in the Countryside (1882)
6.   Threshing Machine and Locomotive (c. 1885)
On the left is a model of a threshing machine (c. 1885) similar to the one painted by Carl Wilhelm....
Threshing Machine and Locomotive (c. 1885)
7.   Max Liebermann, A Cobbler’s Workshop [Schusterwerkstatt] (1881-82)
In the 1870s and 1880s, the young Max Liebermann (1847-1935) – who went on to become one of the most prominent artists of the Wilhemine era – produced a number of stunning scenes of everyday life,....
Max Liebermann, <I>A Cobbler’s Workshop</i> [<I>Schusterwerkstatt</I>] (1881-82)
8.   Machine Room in Richard Hartmann’s Chemnitz Factory (1868)
By the late 1860s, the era of “high capitalism” was dawning. Not far in the future lay the “second” industrial revolution, based on the petro-chemical and electrical industries. But even though manufacturing....
Machine Room in Richard Hartmann’s Chemnitz Factory (1868)
9.   Thousand-Mark Stock Certificate (September 1, 1885)
Not unlike similar documents today, the printed ornamentation on this thousand-mark stock certificate for the Schultheiss Brewery was intended both to discourage counterfeiters and to instill confidence....
Thousand-Mark Stock Certificate (September 1, 1885)
10.   Advertising Poster for the General Electric Company [AEG] (1888)
In 1881, the Berlin entrepreneur Emil Rathenau (1838-1915) acquired the license to Thomas Edison’s patent for the electric light bulb. Two years later, Rathenau founded the German Edison Company,....
Advertising Poster for the General Electric Company [AEG] (1888)
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