A richly colored scene straight from a historical pageant: costumed figures in 17th-century dress mill about the cobbled courtyard of the Hegereiter-Haus im Spitalhof in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, while a mounted herald in red and white sits astride his horse before the building's distinctive round staircase tower and steep terracotta roof. This is almost certainly a promotional card tied to Rothenburg's famous Der Meistertrunk historical festival, which began in 1881 and brought the town's Thirty Years' War history to life each year. Published by Hans Hildenbrand of Stuttgart — a noted pioneer of color postcard photography — with "Novitas" Berlin distribution, the card is part of Farbenphotos Serie II No. 5, printed with exceptional chromatic richness for the era.