Cologne, Germany, 1921 – 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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Step back in time with Cologne, Germany, 1921, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: The Seven Mounts (Siebengebirge), Rhine
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Cologne, Germany, 1921
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Cologne in 1921 was a river city still living under Allied occupation, with British troops holding the Rhineland after the First World War. The city's mayor, Konrad Adenauer, faced the twin pressures of occupation rules and a strained municipal budget as Germany struggled with war debts and reparations. Cologne's economy rested on Rhine shipping, rail connections, and manufacturing, including chemicals, metalworking, and food processing, and its docks and freight yards remained busy despite the upheaval. The Gothic cathedral, finished in 1880, dominated the skyline over the river, and the city's old Roman and medieval streets sat beside newer factory districts. Residents in 1921 would have known Cologne as a commercial and Catholic city on the Rhine, one whose future was uncertain in the years before inflation hit in 1923.
| Created / published | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Creator | panora, ltd |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,410 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The Seven Mounts (Siebengebirge), Rhine |
| Reference | GERMANY Cologne 1921 |
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