Page from the October 7, 1854, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung with black-and-white offset print reproductions of the exteriors of synagogues in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzing. Above, the synagogue of the Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft in the Schützenstraße in Frankfurt am Main, built by J. W. Renk. Below, the Große Gemeindesynagoge (Great Community Synagogue), also known as the Temple and the Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue), built by Otto Simonson.
Black-and-white lithograph depicting a Jewish peddler and Gabriel Riesser, member of the Frankfurt Parliament, discussing the "imperial wig." In German, the text reads: --Jude: "Dau sehe Se ä Mohl! Herr Docter, ebbes Rores a blonde Perück die ganz allan steht." --Dr: "Nun was nützt die alte Scharteke?" --Jude: "Verzeihe Se Herr Dr. Sie is noch kan 40 Johr alt und hot uns sehr genützt." In English, the text reads : --Jew: "Now, look at Mohl! Doctor, it's a rare thing to see a blond wig standing on its own." --Dr.: "Now, of what use is old thing?"-- Jew: "Forgive me, Doctor. It's not even 40 years old and has been very useful for us." The text references Moriz Mohl who, at the Frankfurt Parliament, argued against legal equality for Jews. Printed Frankfurt am Main: Lith. Anst. V. Ed. Gust. May.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the Hauptsynagogue (Main Synagogue) in the Börnestrasse in Frankfurt am Main. Engraving by Tanner after an original by Hoff. Published Verlag von H. Keller.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting the Judengasse, the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt am Main. After a drawing by E. Christiansen. Published in the November 4, 1871, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Black-and-white postcard of the exterior of the home of the Rothschild banking family in Frankfurt am Main, with an inset portrait of the family's founder Mayer Amschel Rothschild, his wife, and their five sons.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the exterior of the home of the Rothschild banking family in the Judengasse, the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt am Main.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the exterior of the home of the Rothschild banking family in the Judengasse, the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt am Main.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the exterior of the home of the Rothschild banking family in the Judengasse, the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt am Main.
