Statues - Hither & Thither

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Communication and Industry

Description

On the attic of the central part of the Stock Exchange are six sculptures of pairs of putti with various objects symbolizing:

Post /Postal service with post horn and brief case
Handel / Trade with laurel wreath
Schifffahrt / Navigation with a boat
Eisenbahn / Railway with a steam locomotive
Industrie / Manufacture with tablet?
Telegraphie / Telegraphy with ?? (something electrical?)

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All other sculptures on the façade were covered by scaffolding during our visit. There are groups symbilizing War and Misery, Peace and Prosperity, further are the coat of arms of Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, London and New York

Annotation

The 'New Stock Exchange' was built 1879 after designs of Heinrich Burnitz and Oskar Sommer.

Sculptor

Gustav Herold (Liestal, Switzerland 1839 - Frankfurt am Main 1928), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Frankfurt und seine Bauten (Frankfurt: Frankfurter Architekten- und Ingenieurverein, 1886), p. 267 (Internet Archive).

Locatie (N 50°6'54" - E 8°40'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs163; Photograph: 28 September 2014
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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