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"A Guide to Berlin" (1925) by Vladimir Nabokov
"A Guide to Berlin" is a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1925 in Berlin. The first English translation was published inThe New Yorkeron March 1, 1976.
"Berlin: Zug der großen Berliner Straßenbahn / 1924"
Berlin Streetcar (Grosse Berliner Strassenbahn), 1924
"Berlin: Asphaltarbeiter von oben / 20. Juli 1934"
Construction workers in Berlin, view from above
Berlin Streetcar, 1920
Hawa-Triebwagen (TF 20/29), Berliner Verkehrs-AG (BVG), 1920
Berlin Streetcar, 1925
Maximum-Drehgestellt Triebwagen der Berliner Strassenbahn-Betrieb GmbH, Umbau 1925
Konka (horse-drawn tram) on Anichkov Bridge, Petersburg
"Konka," a Russian horse-drawn tram, served as a means of transportation in St. Petersburg from 1863 until 1917.
Traffic on Nevsky Prospekt, Petersburg, early 1900s
"Konka," a Russian horse-drawn tram, served as a means of transportation in St. Petersburg from 1863 until 1917.
Vladimir Nabokov, 6th year of exile
A photograph of the young Vladimir Nabokov taken at KaDeWe, Berlin's department store, during his 6th year of exile, as the writer's handwritten caption indicates.
Pipes in the snow
Pipes—"not yet lowered into the ground"—on Potsdamer Platz, 1935
A baker on a bike
A baker on a bike in the streets of Berlin, around 1937. Screenshots from Leo de Laforgue's film Berlin wie es war