.: Berlin, 1923 :. by Rainbowgirl
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Berlin, 1923. Inflation on it's tide. In October a Dollar was 40 Billion Marks. Wages were paid three times a day. When you were lucky you could buy a loaf of bread or half a pound of butter or a pound of noodles before the new exchange rates were known. If you had no foreign currency you were fighting against starvation.
But if you had Dollars, Pounds, Franks, whatever; or if you were in the black market, everything was different!
Berlin, 1923. Premier of Bertold Brecht's play 'Baal' - a flop. MAN introduced the first serial Diesel engine car and nail polish was on the market for the first time.
Berlin, 1923. Anna Deborah Jespersen, nee Perlmann was born - my grandmother.
Berlin, 1923 was not golden, but it was also fun! The restrictions of pre war era were gone. If you could afford it there was a party every night. Gay people didn't hide anymore (female that is, for males there still was the threat of imprisonment), but it seems that no one did care. Women delighted to dress in (male) morning dresses, or underwear or... nothing?. Gay or straight. Party waitresses appeared with a small fig leaf as a dress, if that. Claire Waldof - a famous singer - outed herself as a lesbian (praise her).
Berlin, 1923 was not golden, but it was fun, a lot of fun (if you had money, just like today).
No one knew they were dancing on a vulcano...
1923. Hitler went to prison for only one year for an attempted putsch (crimes coming from the right wing of politics were hardly punished at all, contrary to left wing crimes) and Marlene Dietrich appeared in a few little screen roles, 5 years to go to 'Blue Angel'.
What we now call the 'Golden Twenties' is still a year ahead, 5 more years to 'Three-penny-opera' or 'All quiet on the western front', only 6 years to the Black Friday market crash.
10 years to the catastrophy of Nazi government.
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A pic I found in the attic, hope you like it.
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Have a wonderful weekend! Have fun (if on the vulcano) ;-)!
Comments (82)
e-brink
Lovely, stylish image. Great finishing.
WarpedHalo
I like the aging effect on the "photo" - nicely done Doro! :) :) Tina
Evanooh
Excellent image... nice... very nice, I like it! Hugs
Janiss
Very interesting and a gorgeous work... really stunning!
dhanco
Excellent creation and interesting story. Really nice effect of an old photo. Wonderful composition!
brycek
Wonderful work..well done!!
FrankT
Very nice indeed, looks very much like an old fashioned sepia print
capelito
Wonderful work. Excellent done!
statik
The Comedian Harmonists got a female member! Thank you for this sensational revelation.
Danter
excellent artwork and original postwork
achmed2
Cool!!! Very nice image!!! Excellent!!!
shadowking1957
Lovely picture and words from the soul I believe... (you are a sweetheart you know that)
mikeerson
I'm confused about a few things... One, Is this a picture or poser (your gallery says poser, you said you found it in the attic). Picture looks great, the age look and reality look great... the only thing that made me think poser, is, I see facial features that make me think of poser.
Darkwish
WOW!!! Really very nice work!
werun
Wunderschönes Bild!
Kuiski
a very spectacular scene with a nice style! Great
DarkStormCrow
Excellent image style and postwork, kudos...
LudyMelltSekher
Hello my dear friend, Outstanding artwork, very beautiful, very well done. CongratulationsA million stars and applauses from me.*** Sorry to have that to write the same thing in English to all, but are few the words that I have in English to say Happy Weekend. Hug and giant kiss in your heart. Luminous blesing.Ludy
ToniDunlap
This is an outstanding piece alright. I was so surprised to learn that you created it in Poser. Fantastic!!!!!!
willigooo
Super Doro, ich habe viele Bilder aus dieser Zeit....
flaviok
Um trabalho de tirar o folego, a obra é perfeita a narrativa primorosa, aplausos (5) A work of removing the breath, the work is perfect the exquisite narrative, applause (5)
Syltermermaid
Ein tolles Bild Doro und Deine Geschichts stunde ist wirklich interessant! Meine Mutter war aus Berlin und sie hat mir eine ganze Menge von dieser Stadt mit Herz erzaehlt, sie war 1906 geboren , so ein teenager 1923!!!! Tolle Arbeit!! Hugs Ute
TygorG
Fantastic image and dialoge!!!!!!!
clam73
gorgeous sepia work, 5+++++
drifterlee
Fantastic job on the old pic look, Doro!!!! Interesting history, too.
JOEANOMALY
The only givaway, that it's not an old photo is their modern make up. Fantastic image and history lesson!!!!!
Unicornst
Wow. This is very impressive! Well done on the aging and the posing. Classy and elegant.
RocksLady
Ein starkes Bild, sehr ausdrucksstark! Excellent done !!!*****!!! love
shorterbus
Found in the attic, my ass! This is wonderful. Wonderful! The picture is so damn evocative - conjures up all sorts of forbidden lust and intrigue. And the text! It is so compelling! I could not have done so well and I write for a living. Is English your first language? A favorite!
KatesFriend
That's a really cool vintage recreation right down to the wear and scratches.