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Frau Collection

Background imageFrau Collection: Anastasia Bitsenko going to Brest-Litovsk peace meeting

Anastasia Bitsenko going to Brest-Litovsk peace meeting
Anastasia Bitsenko (also spelt Biecenko and Bizenko) in a motor car on the way to the peace negotiations which led to the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on 3rd March 1918 between the Central

Background imageFrau Collection: Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906)

Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906). Norwegian dramatist. Poster for the theatre performance of The Lady from the Sea (Die Frau vom Meer)

Background imageFrau Collection: Johannes Brahms and Adele Strauss

Johannes Brahms and Adele Strauss
Johannes Brahms, German composer, and Adele Strauss, wife of Johann Strauss II, at Bad Ischl, Austria. circa 1898

Background imageFrau Collection: Wagner Sky Trac 1 D-HAJE

Wagner Sky Trac 1 D-HAJE (msn 1) with Herr and Frau Wagner in attendance, at the Hannover Air Show on 1 May 1966 Date: 1966

Background imageFrau Collection: Music cover, Puccini, Madame Butterfly (German edition)

Music cover, Puccini, Madame Butterfly (German edition)
Music cover, Puccini, Madame Butterfly (German edition, Die Kleine Frau Schmetterling, containing three individual items for vocalists and piano). 1910

Background imageFrau Collection: Frau Jobst Planckfelt by Durer - report in ILN

Frau Jobst Planckfelt by Durer - report in ILN
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on a rare oil painting by Albrecht Durer of Frau Jobst Planckfelt of Antwerp, mentioned in his diary of 1521

Background imageFrau Collection: International Woman Suffrage Alliance of Officers

International Woman Suffrage Alliance of Officers
International gathering of well-known workers for womens franchise: prominent representatives of the suffrage societies who attended the international woman suffrage alliance board of officers

Background imageFrau Collection: A patriotic cast iron frying pan with German soldier

A patriotic cast iron frying pan with German soldier
A patriotic cast iron frying pan with a German soldier shaking the hand of a German woman in relief on the handle. Embossed around the diameter with Der Deutschen frau opfersinn

Background imageFrau Collection: FRAU HOLLE - 3

FRAU HOLLE - 3
The stepdaughter makes the feathers fly, causing a snowstorm on the Earth below

Background imageFrau Collection: Frau Holle (Grimms Fairy Tale)

Frau Holle (Grimms Fairy Tale)
Whenever it snows in the world, it is said that Frau Holle is making her bed. Date: circa 1925

Background imageFrau Collection: Frau Holle - 1

Frau Holle - 1
The stepdaughter spinning at the well, where her adventure begins

Background imageFrau Collection: Bavaria, Germany - Augsburg Cathedral

Bavaria, Germany - Augsburg Cathedral (Dom Unserer Lieben Frau), built in the 11th century in Romanesque style. circa 1910s

Background imageFrau Collection: A Fragment From - Germany, by Bairnsfather

A Fragment From - Germany, by Bairnsfather
A Fragment From - Germany Hindenburg (home on weekend leave): " Look here, Frau H, if you want to stick nails into anything theres my statue outside" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

Background imageFrau Collection: A patriotic cast iron frying pan with German soldier

A patriotic cast iron frying pan with German soldier
A patriotic cast iron frying pan with a German soldier shaking the hand of a German woman in relief on the handle. Embossed around the diameter with Der Deutschen frau opfersinn

Background imageFrau Collection: Sophia Muller

Sophia Muller
Frau SOPHIA MULLER We know nothing of this German lady, but if nothing else her portrait is a fine document of 17th century bourgeois ladies costume. Date: 1622 - 1660

Background imageFrau Collection: German couple bathing in a pool

German couple bathing in a pool
To enable Fritz and Frau to cool their portly persons -- a plump German couple bathing in a swimming pool, watched by two slimmer people sitting on a diving board

Background imageFrau Collection: Skull Reconstruction

Skull Reconstruction
Frau Erna von Engel Baiersdoef (Vienna Natural History Museum Austria), reconstructs the skull cast of an Aurignacian Prehistoric Man. The original skull was found in France. Date: 1930s

Background imageFrau Collection: Frau Holles Bedfeathers

Frau Holles Bedfeathers
Some Germans believe that snowstorms are caused by the bedfeathers which fall when Frau Holles duvet is shaken; not so, they are brought by the North Wind Fairy

Background imageFrau Collection: Frau Holle - 2

Frau Holle - 2
The stepdaughter gathers the apples

Background imageFrau Collection: Linen Cupboard

Linen Cupboard
The famous and respected German opera singer Mme Schumann-Heink at home doing housework


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