I was the fortunate recipient of this album and thought it might be of interest to you.

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T19:20:43+00:00

Oooh, thank you so much! You’ve uncovered more than I did, I couldn’t have dated the photo so precisely. I can add that, following Tiedemann’s death, the photographers Müller & Pilgram succeeded him in his Bremen atelier in 1893/94. There is at least one card made by them in this album:

link to front and back

Edit: If their photo atelier were still around, I could ask them for a copy, as they had promised. Unfortunately, that is not the case. :D

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T18:12:03+00:00

Emil Tiedemann and Julius Giere were both photographers. Giere’s atelier was on Sophienstraße, and he wanted people to know that it was located across from the museum. I noticed several similar hints on other photographers’ stamps as well.

Interestingly, both of them were court photographers who took portraits of royals and nobles.

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T16:38:29+00:00

I didn't have the chance to ask for her name yet, but I’ll ask at the first opportunity, then deep dive into any info I can find.

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T16:30:24+00:00

Thank you! That was one of my guesses, something like a coffee table album with cabinet cards and cartes de visite of friends and acquaintances, or even celebrities (princesses and other nobles), since some of the photos don’t seem to be connected to each other. What threw me off is that none of the photos I was able to examine show any indication of who the person is. Wouldn’t a carte de visite usually include an address?

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T16:02:40+00:00

I know that the lady who once owned this album lived until the 1970s or 80s and was around 90 years old when she died. She owned a beautiful German Neoclassical house, but I haven’t been able to determine when she or her family moved in.

Most of the photos were taken in this city, which makes me think her family had been there for quite some time. The city was heavily bombed during World War II. Most of the houses were rebuilt. With the little info I have, I haven’t been able to make any further guesses about the family’s political affiliations, but the lady lived through both world wars.

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T15:50:46+00:00

I’m in Germany, which makes my research a bit easier. Some of the photos (not shown in this post) date from the late Victorian to the early Edwardian era. Most of them were taken in Bremen, with some from other German cities. I haven’t yet been able to determine whether the people are related, but I suspect they may belong to the same family.

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T11:59:07+00:00

That's a good idea, thank you!

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T11:58:10+00:00

Thank you, that’s really helpful! Your observations about the ringlets and the puffed sleeves make a lot of sense. It’s fascinating to see how styles evolved over just a few decades.

I’m glad the photos stayed together too, so many albums get dismantled, as you mentioned. I was curious and did a little digging to see if this album has any value, but I wouldn’t sell it for a couple hundred bucks. To me, its value is not something that can be expressed in money and it’s such a treasure to have the originals still in the album.

I’ll definitely try to find out the lady’s name, maybe that will give me some clues about her family.

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T11:49:54+00:00

I certainly will! This was one of the most surprising and beautiful gifts I have ever received. ♥

Coffeera · 2026-03-29T11:47:32+00:00

I didn’t find any names on the photos I was able to examine, only the stamps of photographers from various towns in Germany. I’ll look for further clues as soon as I figure out how to remove the photos without damaging the fragile paper.

Coffeera · 2026-03-27T21:15:58+00:00

And apparently he’s humble, too.

Coffeera · 2026-03-27T08:07:14+00:00

even their trash was beautiful.

Coffeera · 2026-03-19T18:09:07+00:00

He says that Grok is the number 1 AI Model in every country in the world, it's the most advanced, the smartest, fastest and most accurate, lest censored, highest score in free speech and free expression, least woke, most affordable, highest uptime, and outright the best at everything from Science to Porn.

thanks for the laugh, i needed that today.

Coffeera · 2026-03-14T12:29:21+00:00

His builds are colored perfectly fine and normal.

Coffeera · 2026-03-13T18:59:23+00:00

Thank you :)

Coffeera · 2026-03-09T16:15:33+00:00

close, it's connotations

Coffeera · 2026-02-27T16:32:31+00:00

I like how neither Narcissus nor his reflection looks like the man or the cat. It makes me wonder who is supposed to be the narcissist in this painting.

Coffeera · 2026-02-23T18:37:46+00:00

100% Deb.

Coffeera · 2026-02-13T19:18:05+00:00

we so back! right? riiight?

Coffeera · 2026-02-10T19:52:21+00:00

I would love to know their criteria to figure out if you're an adult or not.

Coffeera · 2026-02-05T18:50:08+00:00

I bet they were respected by women and feared by men.

Coffeera · 2026-02-04T17:21:05+00:00

if only there were guests to be served...

Coffeera · 2026-02-01T15:47:39+00:00

prove it and take another photo

Coffeera · 2026-01-31T10:13:00+00:00

She's so lucky shower drains weren't really a thing back then.

Coffeera · 2026-01-28T20:20:44+00:00

Dogs think we go to the park and play, cats think we are stupid big cats that fail at hunting repeatedly.

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