Schwimm, Schwamm, Schwumm
Illustrated plates from a German primer on swimming.
Carl Purkart, Vorschriften für den Schwimmunterricht (München, 1826)
The crowd outside the bordello
A peepshow (or kullisentheater) by Martin Engelbrecht, circa 1750,
showing the exterior of a bordello (Das Bordell).
Hand-colored copper-engraved sheets, made in Augsburg, Germany.
Urban puzzle
A wood block, lithographed puzzle featuring scenes of world cities.
Publisher unknown, ca. 1880s, possibly made in Germany.
Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around . . .
German banknotes designed by Herbert Bayer, 1923
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgeld
and: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5373/notgeld.htm
and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Bayer
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