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[Ich im Krankenstuhl] – Historic Reproduction

[Ich im Krankenstuhl], [between 1914 and 1918] — historic photograph
[Ich im Krankenstuhl], [between 1914 and 1918]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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: [Ich im Krankenstuhl], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The title, "Ich im Krankenstuhl," translates to "Me in the invalid chair," and it is written in the first person, so the picture seems to record someone recuperating and wanting to document it. The date places it between 1914 and 1918, during the First World War, when convalescence and wheelchairs were a common sight in German hospitals. The print comes from a photo album assembled by Hermann Göring, a German fighter pilot in that war who later led the Luftwaffe under the Nazi regime. Because the album belonged to him, the image is often read as a personal record of his own wartime experience, though the record does not confirm who sat in the chair.

Created / published[between 1914 and 1918]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesTitle from item; other data from LOT record. In: Photoarchiv Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring, v. 2, p. 53, no. 85. Hermann Göring Collection.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan903 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108872

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