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

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
Street in Mainz, Germany, circa 1935