Cathedral Square, Cologne, August, Germany, 1919 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Cathedral Square, Cologne, August, Germany, 1919, preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: The Cathedral Square, Cologne, August, 1919. Review of British troops by General Gouroud (Commanding Fourth French Army).
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Cathedral Square, Cologne, August, Germany, 1919
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Cathedral Square in Cologne, pictured in August 1919, lay in a city under Allied occupation eight months after the armistice ended the war. British troops had entered Cologne in December 1918 as part of the occupation of the Rhineland, and residents lived with their presence every day. The Gothic cathedral, completed in 1880 after centuries of construction, rose over the square with its twin spires, a landmark above the Rhine. Under Mayor Konrad Adenauer, the city government dealt with postwar shortages, unemployment, and the strain of the peace settlement signed at Versailles in June. Cologne had long been known as a river port, rail junction, and center of trade and manufacturing, and its residents would have seen the square as the heart of that older city.
| Created / published | 1919 |
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| Creator | panora, ltd |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,520 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The Cathedral Square, Cologne, August, 1919. Review of British troops by General Gouroud (Commanding Fourth French Army). |
| Reference | GERMANY Cathedral Square, Cologne, August, 1919 |
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