Los 4257 [*]

Reichstag Berlin
Documentation album of the demolition of the Reichstag Dome, Berlin

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Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Documentation album of the demolition of the Reichstag Dome, Berlin. October-November 1954. Circa 90 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints and various newspaper clippings. Various sizes, between 17 x 23 cm and 11 x 9 cm and reverse. Mounted to album pages (some loose), many with captions below/beside the image on the mount, bound in 2 contemporary imitation leather albums (slight wear, one with loose cover) with embossed Berlin emblem on front cover.

These two comprehensive and well-designed albums, created for the Allgemeine Spreng- und Tauchgesellschaft Böll, Berlin-Schöneberg Meraner Str. 50 as well as for a coworker of the company, document the period between October and November 1954, when the Reichstag Dome was to be demolished due to poor static structure in danger of collapsing. The first detonation was not fully successful and had to be repeated on November 22, 1954. – Some photos with silver mirroring in edges and buckling, otherwise in good to very good condition.