947 - Germany - Berlin - Seventy Years as a Märker, October 19, 1833 – October 19, 1903. Album containing approximately 110 original photographs. Vintage prints. Gelatin silver prints. Partially toned. Mounted. 1903. Full leather binding with embossed cover. 41 x 31 cm (fasteners missing, scuffed, bumped).

Germany - Berlin - Seventy Years as a Märker, October 19, 1833 – October 19, 1903. Album containing approximately 110 original photographs. Vintage prints. Gelatin silver prints. Partially toned. Mounted. 1903. Full leather binding with embossed cover. 41 x 31 cm (fasteners missing, scuffed, bumped). Compiled for the 70th birthday of District Court Judge J.N.G. Grandke (1833–1909), featuring views of the places where he lived: 10 photos from his birthplace, Buckow (including the main street); 9 photographs from Zellin, where his father, Carl Gotthelf Grandke, was a pastor; 14 photographs from Berlin (including Joachimsthal Gymnasium, Old City Hall, Spittelmarkt, Old Hercules Bridge, and the Kammergericht); 7 photos from Eberswalde (including the market square and the Old Forestry Academy); 16 photos from Frankfurt (Oder) (including Große Oderstraße with the old Court of Appeals and houses on Wilhelmsplatz); 17 photos from Spremberg and Parduz near Spremberg; 12 photos from Cottbus (including Bange’s Corner, houses at Leopoldstr. 5 and Louisenstr. 6); and 5 photos from Salzungen (including Charlottenhall). Also included are photos from other small towns. Grabdke’s gravestone can still be found today at the Friedrichswerder Cemetery in Berlin. Enclosed: a photograph of J.N.G. Grandke as an officer in the “King Frederick William III” Life Grenadier Regiment (dated 1859) and a photograph of his mother, Ida Grandke, née Krause (circa 1865). At the beginning are 6 photos of prominent Prussian statesmen and military commanders, including Bismarck, Moltke, and Kaiser Wilhelm II—the mounts are somewhat dusty and have fingerprints, but overall in good condition. #