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Postcard, advertisement pillar, Berlin, 1902

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

ca. 1902

A postcard depicting an advertisement pillar with various inscriptions stands at the corner of the street. A dog is urinating against it. The legend in German reads: 'It is first rate for you here and that's why I'm sending it to you today: you are, you know, you old owl, as silent as an advertisement pillar.' Advertisement pillars doubled as pissoirs and could be seen as phallic-shaped

It was acquired in 1960 by E.J. Dingwell.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
1
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
0

Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.

Physical characteristics

Material
Colour lithograph
Dimensions
Height: 7 cm; Width: 11 cm; Depth: 5 cm; Height: 9 cm; Width: 14 cm

Technical characteristics

Maker recorded
A. Sala
Place recorded
Berlin

Design

Marks and inscriptions
'C' / CARTES POSTALES / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / Sections 13, 14, 15 / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631'; 'CLASSEAUR / ALBUM / CARTES POSTALES / Sections / 13 14 15 / The Milford Haven / Collection of Post cards. / / Numbers 524 - 573 / " 582 - 601 / " 620 - 631'; 'Klatsch - Base! / Das passt vorzüglich für Dich hier, / Drum schicke ich es heute Dir: / Du bist, 's ist wahr, Du alte Eule, / Verschwiegen wie 'ne Anschlägsaule!"'

Identification

Source note
Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
Candidate id
vam-O59974
Museum object name
Postcard
Holding institution
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Museum object number
E.525:532-2001
Museum system number
O59974

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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