Author: Grace Park

The final page of the “Book About Marriage” has this picture with the caption “The Female in All Her Perfection”. Notice that the figure has very long hair and that the groin area is modestly concealed.

From the left, the pictures show: “The child immediately before birth”; “The Circulatory System of the Placenta and Fetus”; “Showing Pregnancy at Various Stages (2-3 months; 3-4 months; 7-8 months and 9 months)”.

Pictured here is the Table of Contents of the “Book About Marriage”:

The Eternity of Creation
Male Sex Organs
Female Sex Organs
The Sex Act
Pregnancy and Birth
Sexuality
a) During Childhood
b) During Puberty
c) During Adulthood
VII. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Their Effects
VIII. Bad Habits and Vices
IX. Married Life and the Single Life

Seen here is the cover of a work titled “The Book About Marriage. The Sexual Life of the Human Being. With 39 Anatomical Drawings” by Dr. O. Retau, published in 1900.

The moral code of Wilhemine society — the German parallel to England’s Victorian society — viewed sex as something that should only occur within marriage. This book was designed to give the latest scientific and medical information on how sexual intercourse, conception, pregnancy and birth work. But it also contained much more (see the Table of Contents).

Dragoons chase down a French messenger on his bike.

Prussian Landwehr (Militia) troops under General von Werder at Hericourt on January 16, 1871.

Our Defense Forces in the African Colonies.

German soldiers train to be able to stay on the back of a horse while jumping.