Street in Mainz, Germany, circa 1935
THF200329 / Street in Mainz, Germany, circa 1935
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Artifact Overview
Bicycles were a popular mode of local transportation for many Europeans during the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s. While some American urban streets bustled with automobiles, you could find scenes like the one in this photograph in Europe. Cyclists and a streetcar travel down the street of 1930s Mainz, Germany -- not one automobile is visible.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1935
Subject Date
circa 1935
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1859.56
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 4.625 in
Inscriptions
Typed on reverse: In the City of Mainz
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