Physical rehabilitation of German communications operating facilities

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Scope and Contents

In a series of before-and-after shots, photographs document progress in physical rehabilitation of German communications operating facilities, and communications equipment manufacturing plants, during occupation of the U.S. area of control, 1945-1949.
Photograph number 1-2: Demolished and reconstructed telephone and telegraph building, Wuerzburg; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 3-4: Portions of reconstructed long distance telephone office, Wuerzburg, August 1949.
Photograph number 5-6: Demolished and reconstructed telephone and telegraph building, Regensburg; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 7-8: Demolished and reconstructed post office building, Regensburg; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 9-10: Demolished and reconstructed post office, telephone, and telegraph building, Kassel; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 11-12: Portions of reconstructed long distance telephone office, Kassel, August 1949.
Photograph number 13-14: Demolished and reconstructed post office, telephone, and telegraph building, Kassel; 1945 and August 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 15-16: Demolished and reconstructed telephone, telegraph, and post office building, Marburg; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 17-18: Demolished and reconstructed local automatic telephone office, Stuttgart; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 19-20: Demolished and reconstructed long distance telephone office, Stuttgart; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 21: Reconstructed telegraph office, Stuttgart, August 1949.
Photograph number 22: Reconstructed telephone and telegraph building, Stuttgart, August 1949.
Photograph number 23: Temporary telephone and telegraph equipment building amidst destroyed postal, telephone, and telegraph building, Stuttgart, August 1945.
Photograph number 24: Reconstructed telegraph office, Munich, August 1949.
Photograph number 25-26: Telegraph office, Munich, demolished and under reconstruction; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 27-28: Demolished and reconstructed telephone office, Munich; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 29-32: Demolished and reconstructed post office, Munich; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 33-34: Demolished and reconstructed equipment in telephone office, Munich; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 35: Portion of reconstructed long distance telephone office, Munich, August 1949.
Photograph number 36: Portion of new long distance telephone office under construction, Munich, August 1949.
Photograph number 37-38: Demolished and reconstructed post office building, Munich; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 39-40: Demolished and reconstructed postal building, and postal, telephone, and telegraph administrative building, Munich; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 41-42: Demolished and reconstructed postal installation, Munich; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 43-46: Demolished and reconstructed post office building, Munich; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 47-48: Demolished and reconstructed telephone equipment building, Munich; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 49-50: Demolished and reconstructed postal vehicle repair shop, Augsburg; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 51-52: Demolished and reconstructed telephone building, Augsburg; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 53-54 Demolished and reconstructed main post office building, Augsburg; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 55-58: Demolished and reconstructed telecommunications equipment manufacturing plant, Nurnberg; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 59-60: Demolished and reconstructed post office building, Schweinfurt; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 61-64: Demolished and reconstructed post office building, Mannheim; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 65-66: Demolished and reconstructed telephone, telegraph, and post office building, Hanau; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 67: Portion of reconstructed long distance telephone office, Hanau, August 1949.
Photograph number 68: Portion of reconstructed manual telephone switchboard, Darmstadt, August 1949.
Photograph number 69-70: Demolished and reconstructed post office, telephone, and telegraph building, Darmstadt; 1945 and 1949, repectively.
Photograph number 71: Portion of reconstructed long distance telephone office, Darmstadt, August 1949.
Photograph number 72: Portion of reconstructed post office, Darmstadt, August 1949.
Photograph number 73-76: Demolished and reconstructed telegraph office, Frankfurt; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 77-78: Demolished and reconstructed long distance telephone office, Frankfurt; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 79-80: Demolished and partially reconstructed telephone, telegraph, and post office building, Frankfurt; 1945 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 81-86: New International Radio Telephone and Telegraph Transmitter Station building, Frankfurt, August 1949.
Photograph number 87: Portion of reconstructed long distance international telephone office, Frankfurt, August 1949.
Photograph number 88: Portion of rebuilt long distance telephone office, Bruchsal, August 1949.
Photograph number 89-92: Telecommunications equipment manufacturing plant under construction and completed, Pforzheim; 1948 and 1949, respectively.
Photograph number 93: Reconstructed telephone and telegraph building, Pforzheim, August 1949.
Photograph number 94: Portion of rebuilt telephone equipment, Pforzheim, August 1949.
Photograph number 95: Portion of rebuilt local telephone office, Pforzheim, August 1949.
Photograph number 96: Portion of rebuilt long distance telephone office, Pforzheim, August 1949.
Photograph number 97: Radio antenna and receiving station for radio telephone and radio telegraph circuits between Berlin and the Western Zones, U.K. Sector, Berlin, August 1949.
Photograph number 98: Portion of radio telephone and radio telegraph receiver equipment, U.K. Sector, Berlin, August 1949.
Photograph number 99-100: New international radio telegraph receiver station, U.S. Sector, Berlin, August 1949.
Photograph number 101-102: New international radio telegraph transmittor station, U.S. Sector, Berlin, August 1949.
Photograph number 103: Radio antenna and transmitting station for radio telephone and radio telegraph circuits between Berlin and the Western Zones, U.S. Sector, Berlin, August 1949.
Photograph number 104: Portion of radio telephone and radio telegraph transmitting equipment, U.S. Sector, Berlin, August 1949.
Photograph number 105: Portion of multi-channel radio telephone and radio telegraph central office equipment, U.S. Sector, Berlin, August 1949.
Photograph number 106-109: Radio antenne, transmitting station and transmitting equipment for Radio telephone and radio telegraph, Harz Mountains, August 1949.
Photograph number 110-117: Demolished and reconstructed postal, telephone, and telegraph automotive shops, Bamberg; 1945 and 1949 respectively.

Dates

1945-1965

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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