Antique & Vintage Postcards

Tucked against the soaring Gothic flank of St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg, the whitewashed gable of the Bratwurst Glöcklein — one of Germany's most storied sausage taverns, founded in 1313 — glows against the dark brick of its ancient neighbor in this evocative real-photo postcard from the early 1920s. The wrought-iron bracket lamp and ornamental bell sign hang above lush potted shrubs, while awning-shaded patrons gather at outdoor tables to the left, a slice of Weimar-era street life frozen in silver gelatin. The reverse, printed by Albert Frisch of Berlin W 35 for Nuremberg publisher H. Hunsinger, is unused and clean, making this a particularly collectible example of inter-war German topographical ephemera.