Group Portrait of German Soldiers

Creator

Preview

Medium

Photographic postcard

Dimensions

5 x 3

Credit Line

Gift in Loving Memory of Boris Blick & Judith Rosenbloom Blick by their daughter Sarah Blick, 2024

Accession Number

2015.489

Provenance

W. Laukühn. Photograph, Lockstedter Lager. Beste Postkartenlieferung am Piatze.

Description

Fifteen German soliders stand in three rows: six standing in the third row, each holding a mug or a large prop; six seatednin the second row, holding props such as taxidermied dogs and baby dolls; and three in the first row sitting on the ground, a center solider flanked by a solider on each side, holding a small bugle. Propped up in front is a sign in German. Handwritten note in German on back. Addressed to: "Frau Fike, Hamburg [unknown]"