Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.

The Ebert-Scheidemann Election Parade: A scene during the Berlin general elections, resulting in the selection of Mr. Friedrich Ebert as President and Mr. Philipp Scheidemann as Chancellor of the German Republic. The crowd in Unter den Linden is watching the parade, with its many propaganda signs.

Friedrich Ebert (February 4, 1871 – February 28, 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was the first President of Germany, from 1919 until his death in office in 1925.

On recto: Clear label attached near bottom right corner, "Photograph from / Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. / From Elliott Service Co., N.Y."

On verso: Typewritten label attached in center, "The Ebert-Schneidemann Election Parade / A scene during the Berlin general elections, resulting / in the selection of Herr Ebert as President and Herr / Schneidemann as Chancellor of the German Republic. / The crown in 'unter der Linden' is watching the / parade with its many propaganda signs. / UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS ELLIOTT SERVICE CO. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS 141-145 West 36th St., NEW YORK B 1786". Handwritten in graphite in top left corner, "UU-016".

Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• Crowds
• Elections
• Friedrich Ebert
• Parades
• Philipp Scheidemann
• Post-war world
• Street Scenes
• Unter den Linden
• World War I

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