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A postman collects mail in a Berlin street, 1924
His car (in the foreground) is an electric "Mollmobil"

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The window display of a butcher's shop in Lietzenburger Straße, Berlin, 1930s

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A baker on a bike in the streets of Berlin, around 1937. Screenshots from Leo de Laforgue's film Berlin wie es war

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В. Сиринъ, Возвращенiе Чорба, First Edition, Berlin: Slovo, 1929."A Guide to Berlin" was first published in book form as part of this collection.

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"Löwenbräu" Pub at Charlottenstrasse 50 in Berlin, where the narrator of the story "A Guide to Berlin" meets his friend

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Berlin Streetcar (Grosse Berliner Strassenbahn), 1924

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Construction workers in Berlin, view from above

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"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.
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