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The collection of old Viennese photographs covers several themes: people, Viennese history, everyday life, Viennese surroundings, places and streets of all 23 districts within Vienna.
This collection comprises 55 portfolios of around 3,900 prints. Items include topographical recordings, images of cities, villages, buildings, architecture, landscapes and pictures of natural events from the areas of the former Austrian crown-lands, but also from modern day Germany, Italy, France, England, Spain, Switzerland and The Netherlands.
This collection of approximately 4488 objects offers topographic and architectural photography of Austria taken by several photographers including Gernat, Rudolf Wien, Otto Gleim, Friedrich Büngener, as well as by several national and foreign institutions such as the Österreichische Lichtbildstelle, the Niederösterreichischer Landesfremdenverkehrsverband, the British ISB and the United States Information Service (USIS).