Saalburg: Auf Wache [on guard]
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1619780
Item data
Title
Saalburg: Auf Wache [on guard]
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Army -- Ancient -- Rome
Names
Nebel, Carl (Artist)
Meisenbach Riffarth & Co. (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1907
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Armies -- Roman -- To 499
Forts & fortifications
Night
Armor -- To 499
Arms & armament -- Roman+ -- To 499
Soldiers -- Roman+ -- To 499
Military facilities -- Roman -- To 499
Guards -- To 499
Watchdogs
Interiors -- To 499
Guardhouses
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "Carl Nebel 1907"--printed on image. "Postcard: Meisenbach Riffarth ; Berlin"
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 13.9 x 9 cm
Abstract
Saalburg is a Roman fort located northwest of Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany. It was a Roman linear border fortification of the German provinces. It is the most completely reconstructed Roman fort in Germany and functions as a museum.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): af6726f0-c5bd-012f-2d0f-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Saalburg: Auf Wache [on guard]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1907. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/af6726f0-c5bd-012f-2d0f-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1907). Saalburg: Auf Wache [on guard] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/af6726f0-c5bd-012f-2d0f-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Saalburg: Auf Wache [on guard]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/af6726f0-c5bd-012f-2d0f-58d385a7bc34
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