Saturday, May 5, 2018

The most beautiful little photos of Berlin

Die schönsten Kleinfotos von Berlin ("The most beautiful little photos of Berlin")

Here are scans of a pack of 10 baseball-card-sized photos of Berlin, probably purchased around 1962. The photos seem to be from circa 1945–1960. Published by Klinke und Co.





Berlin, Ausstellungshallen am Funkturm

Berlin, Brandenburger Tor

Berlin, Englischer Garten mit Siegessäule

Berlin, Funkturm und Messehallen bei Nacht

Berlin, Kurfürstendamm Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche

Berlin, Kurfürstendamm

Berlin, Olympia-Stadion

Berlin, Platz der Luftbrücke

Berlin, Schillertheater

Berlin, Zentral-Flughafen, Flugsteig



1974 Lincoln Logs Frontiersman Set #858 idea sheet

If you were an American kid in the 1970s, there's a good chance you had Lincoln Logs, or knew someone who did. They were kind of underwhelming, in terms of what you could make with them, but they really felt good to play with. They were made of real wood!

Here is what I am calling an "idea sheet" that came with one of the sets introduced in 1974:
 You can also download this as an OCR'd PDF (10 MB).