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[Banner on St.Marienkirche]

Photograph of a woman standing in front of a white banner with black text hanging on the brick and mortar exterior of the St. Marienkirche church. The banner has German text that reads, "Erinnerrung An Das Leben In Berlin". In English that same banner reads, "Memory Of Life In Berlin". Gothic architecture is prominently featured on the exterior of the St. Marienkirche church in the form of the pointed arches and detailed stonework surrounding the dark wooden doors.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Central Train Station in Erfurt, Germany]

Photograph of a large group of people entering and exiting the central train station in Erfurt, Germany. Red socialist banners with white font hang from the edge of the building's roof praising the teachings of Karl Marx and the leadership of Vladimir Lenin.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children on an Outing in Erfurt, Germany]

Photograph of a group of ten (10) children posing on an outing in front of modern buildings, German flags, and other people. A yellow touring bus with black trim is parked along the walkway awaiting passengers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cloisters Where Luther Family Lived]

Photograph of the cloisters where Martin Luther's family lived. The concrete multi-story building features a balcony with black ornamental railing, large pointed archways, curved doorways, and pillars supporting brick arches. A plaque featuring German writing has been hung on the second story of the exterior wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[East German Historical Museum]

Photograph of the entrance to the East German Historical Museum in Berlin, Germany. The white stone building is decorated with ornamental statues and extensive facades. Four statues of stone women wearing robes with a small child placed atop stone plinths line the exterior of the museum. Dark brown signs with gold font stand between the stone statues to inform visitors of the special collection and exhibition covering Martin Luther and his life. A small group of people are passing in front of the dark wooden doors of the museum, under a gold letter sign in German, "Museum for German History"
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[East German Museum Martin Luther Signage]

Photograph of a woman walking past labeled tiles of various important key features located throughout the area alongside a map of the region.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Life for Fresh Produce in East Germany]

Photograph of men and women waiting in line under an orange awning to acquire fresh produce in East Berlin. The side of the building above the orange awning, has a white band with Red cartoon apples bookend text for fruits and vegetables (OBST & GEMÃœSE). Above the white band the advertises for fruits & vegetables, is a blue and white geometric pattern of brickwork.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Martin Luther Birth House]

Photograph of Martin Luther's birthplace in Eisleben, Germany. The white home with black trim features two (2) arches supported by a stone pillar, ornamental ornamental windows, and a dark wooden door in an arched doorway. An informational sign in German is posted near the entrance to the building with two (2) workers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Martin Luther Statue in Eisleben City Square]

Photograph of a black statue of Marin Luther displayed prominently within the Eisleben City Square obscuring portions of a dark stone religious building and clock tower identified as St. Andreaskirche church. Modern multi-level concrete commercial and residential buildings line the perimeter of the city square. Small groups of people mill about within the city square paved with cobblestones.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Martin Luther's Annotated Copy of Psalms]

Photograph of an aged blurry copy of Martin Luther's copy of psalms housed at Germanische National Museum in Nuremberg, Germany. This copy of the book of Psalm's has been annotated with Martin Luther's notes intended for his first lecture in 1513.
Date: 1513
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Martin Luther's Death House]

Photograph of a three (3) story white house with dark wooden trim house where Martin Luther passed away in February 1546. Men, women, and children are seen out side of the house going about their day. A small multi-colored pop-up stall has set up shop outside of Martin Luther's death house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Exiting East Berlin at Friedrich Strasse]

Photograph of a large group of East German emigrants are waiting at a building with a large bank of windows and a slanted roof. The emigrants attempting leave East Berlin are lined up behind metal rail at the Friedrich Strass crossing.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reconstruction of Unter den Linden in East Berlin]

Photograph of Unter den Linden (Under the Linen Trees) street under reconstruction in East, Berlin. Trabant automobiles of various colors line the asphalt paved street. The base of the Alexanderplatz tower has been obscured by a large ornamental building featuring domes, spires, and a golden cross upon the peak of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Roadside Directional Sign]

Photograph of two (2) yellow directional signs with black font in a metal frame pointing to the left and right surrounded by dark brown pine trees. The sign pointing to the left has the following information, "Potsdam 41 km, Treuenbrietzen 4km". The sign pointing to the right has the following information, "Wittenberg 27 km, Dietersdorf 5 km".
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[St. Marien Church Altar and Religious Iconography]

Photograph of the altar covered in a white cloth surrounded by religious iconography of the St. Marien church in Torgau, Germany. Two (2) doors with gold filigree accents flank either side of the altar. Two (2) statues of unknown identity flank either side of a large religious painting.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Statue of Johann Sebastian Bach at St. Thomas-Kirche Church]

Photograph of a sculpture in front of St. Thomas church is dedicated to the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The metal statue is holding a scroll of parchment set atop a cylindrical stone plinth with metal font reading, "Johann Sebastian Bach".
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View From a Hotel in Leipzig]

Photograph of the Leipzig from an unknown hotel. Various unknown buildings cover the landscape including towers, churches, residential, and commercial buildings. Modern and historical buildings are seen next to each other.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View from the Berlin Wall into East Berlin]

Photograph of the Berlin Wall barriers and no man's land from West Berlin near Potsdam Square. German red and black graffiti covers the concrete barriers of the exterior wall separating West Berlin from the no man's land fields covered in concrete barriers, grass, and paved concrete. Various unknown buildings are visible beyond the East Berlin side of the walls. The Alexanderplatz tower is barely visible in the distant background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[White and Gray Stone Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany]

Photograph of a black, blue, and white tour bus waits along with a large group of people of different ages outside of the All Saints Church (Castle Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. The black and gray stone multi-story building featuring gothic architecture with decorative spires, pointed arches, and metal lined stained glass windows.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Workers Outside Blaupunkt in Salzgitter, Germany]

Photograph of workers, five (5) women and one (1) man, posing in front of a chain link fence and a concrete building with an overhang at the Blaupunkt factory in Salzgitter, Germany. A yellow and blue sign hangs on the concrete overhang with the Blaupunkt logo above German text.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cotton Baling Inside Mill]

Two near-identical images of a cotton baling press in use at a mill. A bale is at the front and a man is standing just behind it at left, near the machinery. There is a blur where the man moved during the exposure. Descriptive text printed below the images in the lower-right corner: "7722- Baling Cotton--a powerful press just releasing a 500-lb. bale--at a mill in Texas." The same text is printed on the back in six languages
Date: 1905
Creator: Sun Sculpture Works and Studios
System: The Portal to Texas History

[222 E. Main Street, West Corner]

Photograph of the front and north side of a single-story, side-gabled stone building that has an entrance near the left side of the building, largely obscured by potted tree on the sidewalk. There is a historical building marker posted to the left of the door and bay window extending to the right of the entrance, with a flyer posted in the center pane and other items partially visible inside. A handwritten sign is hung by string to the right of the windows, with the text, "Biergarten & German Food Served in the Rear." Several other potted plants are also visible along the edge of the building.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Back of Treue der Union Monument]

Photograph of the back of a monument commemorating the German-Americans who died at the Nueces Massacre. The monument is a square column of white stone with a flat-topped obelisk-like column above, with German text and a list of 19 names on the visible side. It is surrounded by a multi-chain fence with obelisk-shaped posts and the back of the historic marker is visible at the left side of the enclosure. Trees and buildings are visible in the background, as well as part of High Street, at left.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Detail View for Front of Treue der Union Monument]

Photograph of the front of a monument commemorating the German-Americans who died at the Nueces Massacre, taken from just in front of it. The monument is a square column of white stone with a flat-topped obelisk-like column above, with the text "Treue der Union" on the visible side, with a vase of flowers below. It is surrounded by a multi-chain fence with obelisk-shaped posts. There are trees in the background, behind and to the right of the monument and buildings are partially visible on the opposite side of High Street.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History