Dec 24th, 2019 : Christmas Eve Pictures

[xoxoxoBruce]

These stereoscopic holiday portraits of Berlin couple Richard and Anna Wagner were located in an attic in the former East Berlin —taken every Christmas Eve from the first year of their marriage in 1900 until 1942—were sent out as Christmas cards to the couple's friends. Today, they inadvertently offer the modern viewer a fascinating perspective on the passage of time. There are the expected physical changes, like weight fluctuations and thinning hair, as well as the addition of new technology.

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Richard took one last photo of Anna alone in June 1945, all alone – no tree, no presents. She died that August. Richard died 5 years later, a few weeks before Christmas of 1950. No Christmas photos of those last lonely years survive, if they ever existed at all.

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