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| Keywords: germany hamburg 1938 german topographical hafen rundfahrt tourismus hafenrundfahrt schiff elbe hadag fähre transport public domain publicdomain monochrome shop Nice to have a precisely dated photograph. And this at the time when events that were to lead to World War 2 were just kicking off ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938 ), and exactly on this day Italy was banning all Jewish teachers from schools ( www.brainyhistory.com/events/1938/august_21_1938_96692.html ). But 'normal' life continued in Hamburg in would appear, as it did in England too - two days later England scored 903 for 7 in the cricket against Australia ( www.brainyhistory.com/days/august_23.html )! You do have to wonder what happened to these folk in the years that followed. This is a real photo postcard and on the reverse it states: "Hamburger Foto-Werrkstatten Greite & Lober, Hamburg, Landungsbrucken. Bei Nachbestellungen bitte die umseitige Nr. und Datum augeben" The last bit basically means you can reorder copies by giving the number and date on the front. Nice to have a precisely dated photograph. And this at the time when events that were to lead to World War 2 were just kicking off ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938 ), and exactly on this day Italy was banning all Jewish teachers from schools ( www.brainyhistory.com/events/1938/august_21_1938_96692.html ). But 'normal' life continued in Hamburg in would appear, as it did in England too - two days later England scored 903 for 7 in the cricket against Australia ( www.brainyhistory.com/days/august_23.html )! You do have to wonder what happened to these folk in the years that followed. This is a real photo postcard and on the reverse it states: "Hamburger Foto-Werrkstatten Greite & Lober, Hamburg, Landungsbrucken. Bei Nachbestellungen bitte die umseitige Nr. und Datum augeben" The last bit basically means you can reorder copies by giving the number and date on the front. | ||||
