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Wertheim Department Store (Interior)
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The façade of the massive Warenhaus Wertheim had rows of narrow pillars extending from the ground floor to the roof and was a showpiece of early twentieth-century Berlin. The interior looked more like…

Contributor:

Alfred Messel

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Art, Cities, Modernity, Economic life

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture
Photograph depicting tall statue in the center of large atrium with interior staircases.
Sandor Schmidl Mausoleum (Jewish Cemetery, Budapest)
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The elaborate art-nouveau tomb of the wealthy Schmidl family in the Rákoskeresztúr Jewish cemetery in Budapest is made of ceramic tile made by the Zsolnay factory, famous for its art-nouveau ceramics…

Contributor:

Béla Latja, Ödön Lechner

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cities, Jewish identity, Modernity, Class

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Photograph of gated door outside, surrounded by large archway and decorative floral motifs.