[Adlon Hotel badly damaged by bombing, Berlin, Germany] – Antique Wall Art
![[Adlon Hotel badly damaged by bombing, Berlin, Germany], [1946(?)] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e8/e831a2dd8214-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
[Adlon Hotel badly damaged by bombing, Berlin, Germany] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
[Adlon Hotel badly damaged by bombing, Berlin, Germany]
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Few hotels in Berlin were as well known as the Adlon, which stood on Unter den Linden beside the Brandenburg Gate and had hosted diplomats, film stars, and travelers since it opened in 1907. This print records the building after the fighting of 1945, when bombing and fire gutted much of its interior and left its facade scarred. The photograph was likely taken in the years immediately after the war, when Berlin's central boulevards were lined with ruins like this one. It is a useful view of how the city's grand hotels looked once the war had ended.
| Created / published | [1946(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Copyright by Badekow, Berlin. In collection: Berlin, Germany. 1946(?) |
| Subjects | Hotel Adlon (Berlin, Germany)--1940-1950. War damage--Germany--Berlin--1940-1950. Hotels--Germany--Berlin--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Germany--Berlin. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,092 × 4,152 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-199378 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![Crown Prince of Germany, Hart O. Berg, and Orville Wright [standing by airplane], Berlin, 1909](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2d/2d4296e30e0f-400.webp)
