City history: Ernst Sontag's photographic studio
The "historical photo of the month" for February 2024
For once, the photograph now intended for presentation is not really concerned with its content. This image from 1899, a portrait vignette of an unknown man in a suit jacket, bow tie and stand-up collar ("Vatermörder") mounted on a cardboard base, initially functions only as a representative for a product, in a sense as an example for countless photographs of its maker.