Accession No

6646

Brief Description

stereophotographs of the Deutsches Museum, 207 photos in three slip cases, by Alfred Krauth and Deutscher Stereo-Bild Verlag, German, c. 1920

Origin

Germany; Frankfurt

Maker

Krauth, Alfred [photographer] Deutscher Stereo-Bild Verlag [publisher]

Class

ephemera

Earliest Date

1920

Latest Date

1930

Inscription Date

Material

paper (card, paper); cloth (canvas)

Dimensions

[Dimensions of one case] 140mm (width) x 45mm (depth) x 150mm (length)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller, 325 West End Av. Suit 10B, New York, NY, 10023-8143 on 30/05/2017.

Inscription

Deutsches Museum Munchen

VERLAG

Prof. A. Krauth
Frankfurt a.M.

Description Notes

Stereophotographs of the Deutsches Museum, 207 photos in three slip cases, by Alfred Krauth and Deutscher Stereo-Bild Verlag, German, c. 1920.

In three numbered slip cases, containing 21 numbered and titled envelopes. The number of the case is delineated by the quantity of circles in the third division on the cloth spine. Photographs taken by Professor Alfred Krauth and published by Deutscher Stereo-Bild Verlag.

6646.1: In the first box (one dot on the spine) are envelopes:
Rundgang im Deutschen Museum (1) (10 photos) [Tour of the German Museum]
Rundgang im Deutschen Museum (2) (10 photos)
Hauptansichten vom Deutschen Museum (10 photos) [Main views from the Deutsches Museum]
Astronomie mit Planetarien (10 photos) [Astronomy with planetariums]
Graphische Gewerbe (10 photos) [Graphic Arts]
Chemie: Alchemie bis Liebigzeit (10 photos)
Chemie: Mod. Chemie (alte Apotheke) (10 photos) [Chemistry: Mod. Chemistry (old pharmacy)]

6646.2: In the second box (two dots on the spine) are envelopes:
Verkehrswesen: Verkehrswege (10 photos) [Transportation: Traffic routes]
Luftfahrt (10 photos) [aviation]
Verkehrswesen: Verkehrsmittel (10 photos) [Transportation:...]
TEXTIL (10 photos) [Textile]
MUSIKINSTRUMENTE (10 photos) [Musical Instruments]
PHYSIK (10 photos) [Physics]
Metalhuttenwesen und Verarbeitung (10 photos) [Metallurgy and processing]

6646.3: In the third box (three dots on the spine) are envelopes:
KRAFTMASCHINEN (10 photos)
Bergbau: Kohlenbergbau (9 photos) [Mining: coal mining]
Bergbau: Erz- und Salzgewinnung (10 photos) [Mining: Ore and salt production]
TAUCH- UND UNTERSEEBOOTE (8 photos) [DIVING AND SUB-BOATS]
Landwirtschaft und Gargewerbe (10 photos) [Agriculture and food processing]
Geologie bis mit Schachtbau (10 photos)
Elektrizitat (anwendungen) (10 photos) [Electricity (applications)]

Thirty of the photographs depict the exterior and interior architecture of the building. The remainder depict machinery, models, and laboratories for scientific experiments.

The boxes have been allocated .1,.2,.3 allocations to correspond with the quantity of gold dots on the spine of the 'album'. This is in order to aid with the condition checking of the contents of the box, although it is not clear [at point of accession] whether each individual album's content is distinct.

Very good condition. Complete.

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