Everyday life in Berlin (1930-1937)

Passengers enter a Berlin U-Bahn station.

The station attendant signals the train's departure.

A U-Bahn train departing for a tunnel.

Interior views of the Berlin U-Bahn tunnels.

Industrial plants, buildings, and cityscapes along the elevated U-Bahn line, with oncoming trains passing.

A view of a section of the elevated U-Bahn line.

The U-Bahn bridge over the Spree.

An open signal.

U-Bahn trains en route.

A passenger train passes through Berlin.

Industrial landscapes along the train's route.

Drive wheels of steam locomotives.

Car buffers, with oncoming U-Bahn trains passing.

Views of Berlin from train windows.

Trains pass through the outskirts of Berlin.

Berlin rail transport and the U-Bahn in the early 1930s.

Entrance to the Alexanderplatz U-Bahn station.

A view of a building in central Berlin.

A sculpture in front of the building.

Public transport on the streets of the city.

A cart loaded with barrels emerges from an arch.

A worker climbs the spire of the cathedral using a ladder, without safety equipment.

Views of city blocks (from above), one of the sculptural decorations of the cathedral.

Sculptural decorations of the cathedral, panorama of the city (from above).

View of the spire of the cathedral from the inside.

Public transport movement at intersections in Berlin (from above).

Pedestrians cross the street at the signal of a traffic controller.

A street shoe shiner waits for customers.

Cleaning the shoes of one of his customers.

A rotating advertisement for women's shoes in a store window.

A woman eats a sandwich.

A demonstration of a man's suit on a rotating mannequin in a store window.

Reflection of the street in the glass of the store window.

Trams at a stop.

Views of one of the buildings in Berlin.

An antique lantern on the wall of a building.

A courtyard in one of the working-class neighborhoods of the city.

Children playing in the courtyard.

Painters painting the wall of a building, standing on ladders.

A statue near one of the churches.

Berlin's historic architecture, churches and buildings in the Gothic style, architectural embellishments and features.

View of a section of a city block with church spires (top).

View of a section of Charlottenburg Palace.

Equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm I in front of the palace.

Head of the statue.

Sculptures around the pedestal.

Fragments of sculptures.

Steamboats on the river, Berlin's water transport.

Sculptural decoration of one of the bridges, view of a section of the cathedral (bottom).

Cathedral dome.

Fragments of sculptures, view of a part of a parking lot in Berlin in 1937. Sculptural decorations of the Berlin Cathedral.

The building of the City Theater.

Old buildings of Berlin.

Sculpture in a niche in the wall.

A cart with boxes passes.

A self-propelled barge goes along the river.

The dome of one of the churches.

An elderly woman walks along the street.

Views of new high-rise buildings in Berlin, the building of the Karstadt department store.

A policeman helps an elderly woman cross the street.

A child in a stroller.

The building of the Karstadt department store.

Panorama of the building from the bottom up.

Customers at the tables of an outdoor cafe (from above).

Children eat ice cream in an outdoor cafe.

Views of the building of the Karstadt department store.

A chimney sweep cleans the chimney on the roof of one of the houses.

Berlin residents examine a model of a warship displayed on the street.

Passers-by on the street.

Pleasure boats on the Spree.

A view of one of the elevated lines of the Berlin U-Bahn.

The U-Bahn and rail transport of Berlin.

U-Bahn trains on the overground line.

People descending into one of the U-Bahn stations.

Banners on street poles, hung for the holiday.

A convoy of asphalt paving crews moves along one of the streets.

Wheels of Berlin buses.

A building near the railway tracks.

Public transport and passers-by at one of the intersections (top).

Pedestrians and public transport on Kurfürstendamm boulevard.

People walking along the boulevard.

People crossing the roadway, a boy riding a pedal car.

A dog on the sidewalk.

A disabled person in a wheelchair.

Posters on the walls of a cinema.

A crystal vase in a shop window.

Buses passing by.

View of an outdoor cafe (top).

A doorman in a top hat at the entrance to a restaurant, birds perching on the doorman’s top hat.

Birds on the pavement.

A dog on a leash.

Girls at tables of a street cafe.

Views of a street cafe, customers drinking tea and coffee.

Cars on a street in Berlin.

A porter carries a trunk to a hotel, guests follow him along the street.

Horse-drawn and car traffic on the streets of Berlin.

An airplane at the entrance to a building, installed for advertising purposes.

Tram car windows.

Newspaper sellers sort through stacks of newspapers.

Views of Berlin streets.

A newspaper kiosk, magazine covers.

Public transport on one of the streets.

A boy buys a newspaper.

Faces of an old newsboy.

A boy eats an Eskimo ice cream.

A girl in a fur collar leaves a jewelry store.

The face of a girl.

Passers-by, horse-drawn transport, and a car on the streets of Berlin.

A carriage with newlyweds drives up to the entrance of a church, the groom helps the bride out of the carriage.

The bride and groom climb the steps, horses in harness.

Architectural decorations on the facade of the church building.

The newlyweds and guests leave the church after the wedding.