JANUARY 1963 – Desk in the bedroom of Inga Schweim, the 21 year old daughter of Edith Schweim, in Schillerstraße 13 in Kiel, Germany. © Inga Schweim/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Here is the second image of the appartment in the Schillerstrasse 13 in Kiel, Germany, where my mother lived her mother and her sister from about 1957 to 1965. The appartment was located right in front of the popular Schrevenpark with its large pond and extended greens.
My mother took a number of images of the appartment in January 1963, probably using her brand new Kodak Retinette 1B camera she received on Christimas 1962.
While these images seem to be dull upon first glance, I think they provide unique insights into the lifestyle of a (somewhat) wealthy family in the early 1960s in Germany. We should also consider the fact that most of the items on the image are gone today – the furniture, the books, even the lamps. There is a tiny chance that the paintings have survived, somewhere.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | January 1963 |
| Location | Kiel, Germany |
| Image Source | 7 x 10 Print |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4525 x 3096 Pixels |
| Copyright | © Inga Schweim/zanzig.com |
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