German funfairs

Picture: 19th-century funfair in the Black Forest region, left: theatre Front Text: inscription: "[...-]Theater" Reverse Text: "Schwarzwald Volkstrachten (Aus der Gegend von Schwenningen, Trossingen, Villingen, Donaueschingen, Neustadt usw.) Jahrmarkt" Publisher: Graph. Kunst- u. Verlagsanstalt A. Weber & Co., Stuttgart; Serie III; No. 30181 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair (see Commons for a larger scan) Front Text: "Gruss" (handwritten: "v. d. Kirmes"), "Hier ist Renners Fritze! Hurra!! Hurra!! Seifarts Oskar ist wieder da!", inscriptions: "Varieté-Theater", "RiesenDame" Publisher: Bruno Bürger & Ottillie, Lith. Anst., Leipzig Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from München-Gladbach to Ankum, 1898

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, left: Moritaten-Sänger (see Commons for a larger scan) Front Text: "Gruss", stamped: "v. d. Karlsruher Messe"; inscriptions: "Volks-Theater", "Die Wilden!", "Circus", "Photograph" Publisher: A. Deitenbach, 1899 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Karlsruhe to Pforzheim, 1899

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, left: theatre audience entering the theatre at "free admission", right: audience leaving the theatre and discovering a 40 Pfennig "exit charge" (see Commons for a larger scan) Front Text: "Gruss vom Hamburger-Dom", "Wunder Theater! Eintritt frei!", "Austritt 40 Pf" Publisher: Ottmar Zieher, München Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Hamburg to Mölln, 1899

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, left: organ grinder and clown, background: Moritaten-Sänger (see Commons for a larger scan) Front Text: "Gruss", stamped: "v. d. Karlsruher Messe"; inscriptions: "Volks-Theater", "Die Wilden!", "Circus", "Photograph" Publisher: A. Deitenbach, 1899 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Karlsruhe to Pforzheim, 1899

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, left: Kasper-Theater Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasper-Theater", "Schiess-Salon" Publisher: Gg. Imfang, Frankfurt am Main-Sachsenhausen Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Hayingen/Lothringen (now Hayange, France) to Straßburg (now Strasbourg, France), 1900

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasperl-Theater Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasperl-Theater", "Fischweib", stamped: "Gruss von der Constanzer Messe" Publisher: ?; Nr. 3471 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from the Konstanz-Basel train to Mannheim, 1901

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair (see Commons for a larger scan) Front Text: "Gruss" (handwritten: "aus Finsterwalde"), "Eden-Theater", "Riesen Dame 250 Kilo", "Insulaner", "Aufzug" Publisher: Verlag von Gg. Imfang, Frankfurt am Main-Sachsenhausen; Lit. B. No. 2383 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Finsterwalde to Berlin, 1902

Front Text: "Gruss", "Schichtl's Theater", "Alhambra", "Wallenda", "Riesendame 510 Pfund 18 Jahre alt", "Alhambra", "Das Orgeln ist mei Freud / Drum thu ich's jederzeit / Das Orgeln lass ich nicht / Bis mir der Schwengel bricht" (see Commons for a larger scan) Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Kostheim to Mainz, 1902

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair Front Text: "Bitt spazierens nur herein, Treten's nur gefälligst ein, Hochgeehrte Haut-volée, Blos zehn Pfennig ist Entrée." Publisher: ?; Nr. 1649a Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: within Lübeck, 1903

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair Front Text: "'Die Kapelle giebt jetzt das letzte Zeichen, Sie haben keinen Augenblick mehr zu zögern. Zur Kasse! Zur Kasse!" Publisher: Bruno Bürger & Ottilie, Lith. Anst., Leipzig Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasper-Theater Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasper Theater", "Der Sieg der Buren", "Riesen Dame aus Samoa Gewicht 300 Kilo", "Schiessbude", "Bitte recht freundlich - Aehnlichkeit garantiert - Schnellphotographie" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Solingen to Stahlheim (= Amnéville, France), 1903

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasper-Theater Front Text: inscriptions: "Aus dem dunkeln Welttheil", "Florchen die schwerste Dame der Welt", "Herkules-Circus", "Dressierte Hunde" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from the Leizpig-Chemnitz train (Germany) to Chicago (USA), 1904

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair with a Kasper-Theater (see Commons for a larger scan) Front Text: "Grus vom Kinderfest", inscriptions: "Kasper-Theater", "Schiess-Salon", "Restauratio[n]" Publisher: B. B. & O. L. G. M. B. H. [= Bruno Bürger & Ottilie, Leipzig] Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, right: dancer on a stage (see Commons for a larger scan) Handwritten Front Text: "Herzlichen Gruß vom Gmünder Kirchweihmarkt" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Gmünd (= Schwäbisch Gmünd) to Ravensburg, 1904

Front Text: "Gruss vom Oktoberfest!" [München] Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from München to Nogent (France), 1905

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasperltheater, centre: circus theatre Front Text: signs: "Grösste Menagerie der Welt", "3 Schuss 10 Pf." Handwritten Front Text: "Herzliche Grüße vom Wandsbecker Markt [...]" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Hamburg to Güstrow, 1906

Front Text: "Gruss von der Vogelwiese", "Schichtl's Theater" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Dresden to Forst, 1913

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very right: circus Front Text: signs: "Schiessbude", "Museum", "Risen Damen Zwerge 2 Köpfe", "Welt-Ci[...]" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: within Germany, 1908

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, centre: Kasperltheater Front Text: "So ein Rummel ist famos, Da ist rein der Deibel los, Alles lacht und singt und schreit, Ueberall Jubel, Heiterkeit.", sign: "Kasperl-Theater" Publisher: ?; 1640 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Hinter den Coulissen" Publisher: ?; 1773 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

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