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Scrapbook I, 1949

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: id53082

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents The following description was provided by the seller: "The first scrapbook includes: 374 black-and-white photographs, 125 black-and-white postcards, 22 calling cards, 22 color postcards, and many pieces of correspondence, invitations, documents, and other printed matter. The Original Photographs Include: Sailing from New York to Rotterdam on the ocean liner Nieuw Amsterdam / Holland-America Line; 41 photos of Dusseldorf: architecture, bombed buildings, streets, people, castles, parks, offices of Combined Steel Group, market square, Dusseldorf Club, children, planetarium, remains of Remagin Bridge, bomb shelter, town of Zons, Rhine River, etc; 5 photos of travelling from Bremen to Dusseldorf to get a Ford ca, YMCA, etc; Beethoven House in Bonn; 44 photos of Lenz and its Wine Festival; Godesbert, Bad Honnef von Rolandswerth, 18 photos of Köln / Cologne: cathedral, bombing damage, etc; 3 photos of war damage in Coblenz; 6 photos of Worms: Martin Luther church, etc; Rhine wine vineyards, Rhine River, 2 phots of bombed steel fabricating plant, 6 photos of Krupp mansion and gardens near Essen; 9 photos of damage to Krupp factory at Essen; Same Keener airplane, Gypsy caravan, potato farming, Essen photos; 22 photos of Goslar in Lower Saxony; 10 photos of Schloss Burg in Burg an der Wupper; 30 photos of Hamelin Hameln; 24 photos of Garmish in Bavarian Alps; 5 of Black Forest agriculture; 4 photos of Mohnesee Dam before and after bombing; Trier; Blick auf Drachenburg und Konigswinter near Petersburg; 7 photos of Bernkastle, 17 of Berchtesgaden; 3 of Nuremberg / Nürnberg, 12 of Limberg, etc. Photo portraits of the Mr. and Mrs. Saxer's friends and colleagues include: Harry Stark, Maud Stark, Fred Gillers, Miss Schaeffer, John Brinerhof, Ruth Quinn, etc. The Calling Cards are: Herr Bergwerksdirektor Mueller of Mulheim - Ruhr; Frau Dr. Aubertin; Herr Dipl. - Ing. Brandi; Herr Dr. Güldner of Dortmund Steel Plant; Harry Saxer's card signed by Major General Clarence C. Adcock; Hans Frauchiger of Berne Switzerland; Fremdenheim / A. Beyer of Dusseldorf; Karl Bungeroth of Dusseldorf; Hansjorg Sendler of Bochum; Park B. Tuner of Janes and Laughlin Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh; Captain L. W. Akerman of Southampton; Rev. John F. B. Carruthers of Pasadena California and London; Max Friederic of United Engineering and Foundry Company; William Larimer Jones Jr; Bert L. Faison of Texas, Jochen-Wolfgang Meyn of Hanburg, etc. The Black-and-White Postcards Include: 8 postcards of Düsseldorf: Konisgallee, Markt Platz, Hofgarten, Schloss Benrath Radschläger am Rheinufer, cathedral at Bad Aachen before World War II bombing, market at Bad Aachen, altestadt, Carnelius Platz, 7 cards of Linz am Rhein, Remagen bridge before bombing; 5 cards of Köln / Cologne: war damage etc; 2 cards of Worms; 6 cards of Black Forest / Schwarzwald: Todtnau, Glottertal Gasthaus zum Engel; Glottertal; Hotel Kurhaus Feldberg, folk costumes, Triberg, etc; 5 of Wupper and Schloss Burg; Reichsbauernstadt Goslar; 6 of Goslar; 2 of Hamen; Garmish in Bavaria / Obergrainau; Bernkastel-Kues, 20 cards of Berchtesgaden: Hiter house etc; Rhondorf, Brandenberg Gate in Berlin, Königstein castle near Frankfurt, 7 cards of Heidelberg; Wassin; 5 cards of Stüttgart; 3 cards of Frankfurt; Munich / München; 9 of Nuremberg; 7 of Limburg; 7 of Zons; etc. The Color Postcards Include: Ocean liner "Nieuw Amsterdam" of the Holland-America Line; Postcard of the company airplane for the Salem Engineering Company, signed andinscribed on the front of the postcard to Anna Saxer by Sam Keener: "To Anna Saxer / Good for one free ride. / October 6, 1949"; Dusseldorf ; 5 cards of Linz am Rhein; Hebelhof in the Black Forest; 3 of der Rattenfanger zu Hamelin / Pied Piper of Hamelin, 8 cards of Hitler's house at Berchtesgaden; Heidelberg, Limberg, etc. The Other Items Include: Papers describing Dusseldorf postcards / bildkarten designed by artist Karl Petau, English-language travel brochure for Linz, English-language booklet guide to Berchtesgaden Recreation Area for U. S. military personnel; German-language guide to Linz wine fest / Winzerfest with an admission ribbon, color portrait print of Martin Luther by Prof. Karl Bauer; 1945 English-language guide booklet about city of Worms by Dr. Fr. M. Illert published by the Municipal Archives, folding road map of the Moseltal / Moselle River Valley by Stollfuß Wanderkarte; 3 Eucom Exchange System cards, dining card for Officers' Mess at York House in Dusseldorf; dance invitation from British Major General W. H. A. Bishop at Schloss Röttgen near Cologne, with 2 dance programmes; dinner invitation signed by K. P. Harten of the Verein Deutscher Eifenhüttenleute VDEh; a 4-page typewritten article: "The History of Vonigstein", 10 prints of Nuremberg scenes; cocktail party invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butler the British Consul General, and from Mr. and Mrs. Clark in Dusseldorf, and from Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Gillies of Dusseldorf, travel orders for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Saxer when they return to the U.S., etc."

Dates

  • Creation: 1949

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English, French and German

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.80 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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