Two Saxon Jägers on picket duty.
Deutschlands Ruhmeshalle in Wort und Bild im 19. Jahrhundert (Germany’s Hall of Fame in the 19th Century in Words and Pictures)
Deutschlands Ruhmeshalle in Wort und Bild im 19. Jahrhundert (Germany’s Hall of Fame in the 19th Century in Words and Pictures)
The Prussian Fifth Jäger Battalion at the Battle of Mont-Valerien on January 19, 1871.
Neue National-Denkmäler (New National Monuments)
This page from the Stollwerck trade card album of 1898, titled “New National Monuments”, shows six of the most recent monuments in Germany at that time. Pictured from left to right, starting at the top, are: The monument to Empress Augusta (wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II) in Koblenz; the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in Hohensyburg; the … Continue reading Neue National-Denkmäler (New National Monuments)
Städte-Bilder (Cityscapes)
Pictured here are various German cities and their most famous landmarks or monuments. From left to right, the cards show: Berlin, with the Brandenburg Gate; Cologne, with its medieval Cathedral; Munich, with its 15th-century Cathedral of Our Lady (the “Frauenkirche”); Dresden, with its Royal Palace; Stuttgart, with its “Jubilee Pillar” celebrating the 25th year of … Continue reading Städte-Bilder (Cityscapes)
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This painting by Willy Stoewer portrays a naval battle between a German gunship and a French corvette off the coast of Havana, Cuba during the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.
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The sinking of the German gunship “Iltis” off the coast of China on July 24, 1896.
Besitznahme von Kiautschou
This painting by Willy Stoewer from 1897 shows German marines taking possession of the new German colony at Tsingtao, China in 1898. This small colony also became the base for Germany’s Far East Naval Squadron on November 14th, 1897.
Dampfer des Norddeutschen Lloyd
German immigration to the Americas increased in the 1880s and 1890s, due primarily to economic conditions. Most of the immigrants were carried to the new world on the steamships of the North German Lloyd Co., based in Bremen, or the Hamburg-America Line, based in Hamburg. This page shows some of the main steamship liners of … Continue reading Dampfer des Norddeutschen Lloyd
Dampfer der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie
German immigration to the Americas increases in the 1880s and 1890s, due primarily to economic conditions. Most of the immigrants were carried to the new world by steamships of the North German Lloyd Co., based in Bremen, or the Hamburg-America Line, based in Hamburg. This page shows some of the main steamship liners of the … Continue reading Dampfer der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie