Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Mystery postcard: What European city is this?


This never-used photo postcard has only word printed on the back - KODAK.

I'm looking for your best guesses as far as what country and city are pictured here. Also curious what decade you think this street scene is from.

Here are some magnifications of some portions of the postcard.




So, have it at, sleuths! I can't wait to see what you come up with in the Comments section.

9 comments:

  1. Rats! No license plate on the cart for a clue...

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  2. I posted this to my Facebook page and I think my friend Sarah found it! Amberg, St. Martin Church, http://www.flickr.com/photos/9139017@N05/3751275281/ I don't know how she did it, but it seems to be the location!

    I'm thinking it is 1940s ... the horse and buggy look out of place, but can't be much earlier with the skirt that short.

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    1. Pre-WW2 or Post-WW2 is definitely another question I'd like to answer, now that we've answered the biggie.

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  3. I submit that the town is Amberg, Germany, and that the church in the background is St Martin's.

    Contemporary photos for comparison:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amberg
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9139017@N05/3751275281/

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    1. And here she is! So very cool that you found it!

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    2. Amberg! Wonderful! Thank you so much, Sarah and Bonnie Jeanne! I feared this might be a needle-in-a-haystack type of mystery, but I also knew that the crowdsourcing power of the Internet gave us a fighting chance with this one. That distinctive church turned out to be our best clue. Now I want to visit this little German city -- which has almost the same population as York -- some day! Thanks again to both of you for sharing all of this and taking the time to help track this down. --Chris

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    3. I found it by Googling the names on the building, and then following up on some current listings for a bookstore in Amberg. Then off to Wikipedia and Google Maps to confirm!

      Glad I could help out, Chris. I like you blog a lot. Thanks for posting such interesting stuff!

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  4. It looked familiar because I'm pretty sure I passed through this town on my way to Regensburg years ago.

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