Photo of old building

[ParibasWest]

Die Suche betrifft das Jahr oder den Zeitraum: 1912 family photo
Genaue Orts-/Gebietseingrenzung: Frankfurt am Main
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I have a family photo that may have been taken 1912. I think the address is Briete Gasse 9. Is there an archive with street photos or people with photos who could identify the location?

I appreciate the ideas and suggestions!
regards, Gloria

[scheuck]

Hi, Gloria!

You wrote "Frankfurt am Main"; there has been and still is a "Breite Gasse".
Take a look at "Google maps", today the building looks "different" but No.9 is still at the corner.

[mcrichvienna]

Photo

... or take a look here: https://guidewriters.com/image/12411.jpg?w=640

[ParibasWest]

Thank you for the current photos. I hope to locate a photo from 1920 as an example to compare to the photo I have. Based on the little knowledge I have and the research I have accomplished I am guessing the address.

If anyone knows where old photos might be available I would appreciate the information. How old is the current building?
Regards, Gloria

[mcrichvienna]

"The golden book" of Frankfurt

hi gloria,
website in german/english about "old" frankfurt: http://www.altfrankfurt.com/Default.htm
best regards, rich.

[ParibasWest]

My father said the building was destroyed in WWII, so I am searching for old photos to confirm I have the correct address. No address was written on the reverse of the photo. My research has given me the addresses where the family lived.

I will spend time searching the website for old Frankfurt!
Thank you, Gloria

[Vogelsberger]

Hallo,

the residents of Breite Gasse 9 in 1941.

Grüße

[ParibasWest]

Hallo,

the residents of Breite Gasse 9 in 1941.

Grüße

By 1941 the family had moved. I want to match this photo with Briete Gasse 9 because I believe the family lived there from 1904 to 1915 or longer. My father is in this photo!

Thank you for the help. I appreciate all the information from everyone.
Regards, Gloria

[Ramanujan]

Hi Gloria,
I think the house on your photo is not the house you're looking for. Obviously, it is a corner house and magnifying the part with the plate next to the entrance you can see it's No 7.
On the map of 1861 you can see that Breite Gasse No 9 (above the letter "r") is between No 7 and 11. It does include a courtyard and from the list of residents in 1906 you can see that your ancestor was living in H.3 ("Hinterhaus" 3rd floor).


Regards,
Ramanujan

[Kasstor]

Hi,

I suppose the house was located at Albusgasse 2/ Breite Gasse 25 as there are street names on the plates ( No I can´t read them.) if it was in the Breite Gasse at all.
Other corner houses on that side of the street would have been more acute-angled ( for example Breite Gasse 33/ Zeil 13 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:...n-20110705.jpg ) or the street name would have too much letters ( junction Breite Gasse / Allerheiligengasse )

Regards,

Thomas

[ulrike G.-W.]

Hi Gloria,
I think the house on your photo is not the house you're looking for. Obviously, it is a corner house and magnifying the part with the plate next to the entrance you can see it's No 7.
On the map of 1861 you can see that Breite Gasse No 9 (above the letter "r") is between No 7 and 11. It does include a courtyard and from the list of residents in 1906 you can see that your ancestor was living in H.3 ("Hinterhaus" 3rd floor).


Regards,
Ramanujan

The housenumbers of 1861 needn't be the same as in 1910. I know streets in Frankfurt where beginning and ending have meanwhile changed and so the numbers, too.

[Ramanujan]

Hi,

but this does not apply here as you can see from the 1906 address book

http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/w/index.php?title=Datei%3AFrankfurt-a-M-AB-1906.djvu&page=496

Working over the magnified photo and the house being located at a corner it is more likely that the plate shows No 2 (which is hardly to distinguish from 7). Since the house on the photo is nearly right-angled, it could be located at the corner of Breitegasse and Allerheiligen Straße - I cannot read the names either - but cf. the map

http://www.altfrankfurt.com/Stadtplan/plan1861-Ost.jpg

Regards,
Ramanujan

[ParibasWest]

Hi Gloria,
I think the house on your photo is not the house you're looking for. Obviously, it is a corner house and magnifying the part with the plate next to the entrance you can see it's No 7.
On the map of 1861 you can see that Breite Gasse No 9 (above the letter "r") is between No 7 and 11. It does include a courtyard and from the list of residents in 1906 you can see that your ancestor was living in H.3 ("Hinterhaus" 3rd floor).


Regards,
Ramanujan

Thank you this information is very useful. On the list I see the name of my grandfather! Maybe my memory is not correct. Yes my father is in the photo but they were in someone else's home.

your time and information is wonderful!
Gloria

[ParibasWest]

The housenumbers of 1861 needn't be the same as in 1910. I know streets in Frankfurt where beginning and ending have meanwhile changed and so the numbers, too.

This is more complicated than I thought! Thank you, Gloria

[Mysterysolver]

Hello,

I just had typed in my Text with my cell/mobile which was a hassle and now it's gone argh... so excuse me if I keep it short now.

Contact the municipal archive, they have a huge collection of Photos of places and maps.

http://www.stadtgeschichte-ffm.de/en/info-and-service/contacts/by-departments?reload=1489104209857

(Scroll down to collections and watch out for the words
Topographie
Stadtbilder
Karten
Bildarchiv
Bildarchiv vor 1945)

Sincerely,
Susanne