Berlin 1854. Old Berlin. This thick column, covered with posters, was much admired and stood in front of the house of its inventor, the printing office of Ernst Theodor Amandus Litfass at Adlerstrasse 6. It was one of 150 columns that Litfass had erected at his own expense on the most prominent street corners of the then Berlin by 1 July 1855.
The 1st Litfass pillar in Berlin in 1855 It stood in front of the house and printing press of Ernst Theodor Amandus Litfass (born in Berlin on 11.2. 1816 and died in Wiesbaden during a cure on 27.12. 1874) at Adlerstr. 6. At that time, Berlin houses were painted yellow. This pillar stood on cobblestones and in front of the surrounding houses was a pedestrian crossing covered with wide stone slabs. It was one of the 150 pillars that were almost 3 m high, round, made of solid sheet iron and crowned. On 1 July 1855, Litfass erected them at his own expense on the most prominent street corners of what was then Berlin. In return, he had been guaranteed the exclusive display of all public notices and private and commercial advertisements by contract with the Berlin police headquarters on 9 December 1854. On 1 July 1855, the wild pasting of posters on the walls of the buildings came to an abrupt end. His poster pillars soon became Litfass pillars and he himself was called the "pillar saint". The posters were printed in all possible colours and sizes and, according to a notice from 1863, were affixed to the pillars by the posters' affixers. Litfass had set up his business in such a way that he could have posters printed and posted immediately at any time of the day, as requested by the authorities or customers. Prior to the erection of the poster pillars, for which the first foundations had been laid on 20 April 1855, posters of all kinds, including political ones, were usually stuck wildly on the corner houses, which had meant decades of annoyance for the house owners. Fifty of the pillars erected on 1 July 1855 were at the same time set up as fountains. Since there are no direct indications of the clothing of the poster stickers, but pictorial representations before and for some time after the erection of the pillars are very similar, I would suggest: Blue coat, trousers of any colour, also striped, a tin glue pot with a glue brush strapped to a belt in front of the body. In an illustration, either a larger leather patch is attached behind the tin pot to protect against glue splashes or a narrow pocket containing glue powder. The right arm was tucked between the 2 top rungs of the 4-rung ladder while walking and a pile of posters was carried over the left forearm.
Series list for 100/68/1 No. 100-3 b (1x) Gentleman, looking through lorgnong No. 100-4 b (1x) Gentleman, in long coat No. 100-5 b (1x) Boy, picking his nose No. 100-6 b (1x) Dog, lifting leg No. 100-18/5 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1850 No. 100-1 b (1x) Advertising pillar 1855, W:2cm No. 100-18/5 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, around 1850 No. 100-2 b (1x) Gentleman, corpulent
Group
Flat Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Number of parts
8
Epoch
19th Century
Time
1854
Nationality/Location
Prussia
State
New
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