History on Dominik Mayer · Products, Asia, Productivity

Tokyo 1913 – 1915

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:22:21 +0700

Denis Shiryaev upscaled and colorized footage “from the dawn of film taken in Tokyo, Japan from 1913-1915”.

Labyrinth of Lies

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:21:00 +0200

The World c. 1914

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:41:00 +0200

In commemoration of the outbreak of the First World War, the Martin-Gropius-Bau is presenting an exhibition entitled The World c. 1914. Colour Photography Before the Great War, which features nearly forgotten colour photographs and films commissioned by the French banker Albert Kahn (1860-1940) before the First World War.

Memories of bygone times

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:18:19 +0000

Classic car show at the marketplace of my great-aunt’s hometown, on her 85th birthday.

Good old times

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:48:52 +0000

When talking about English and French my grandma, born 1921, said she can’t imagine speaking foreign languages having never had the chance to learn at least one. After seven years of elementary school (“Volksschule”) where she had been doing a good job, her parents didn’t have the money to buy school books. So she couldn’t attend high school but started to train as a taylor. She said she always got angry when she heard someone talking about “the good old times”. From her point of view there wasn’t anything like that.