Every picture tells a story, season 3, picture 14:
Auguste from the East Prussian patchwork family lived at Hamborn (now Duisburg) most of her life, spending more than 40 years at Knappenstraße 43 from the late 1920s to around 1970. We have seen the front door of that building here and here. To get a better sense of the place, here is Auguste looking out of her window (street side I think):
and here is a view of her garden with her son Erwin:
Before moving to Knappenstraße, she and her family briefly lived in Kampstraße, where we see her looking out of the window (marked with a pen):
Should anybody have any answers to some of the many questions I am raising in this series, please leave a comment here (I'll need to vet it, so it may take a few days before it goes public) or contact me at michaelgrr [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk
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Season 3 so far:
- family holiday
- play time
- fashion show
- bakery to butcher's shop
- the Hamborn brotherhood
- all grown up
- sisters in the snow
- the last holiday
- village life
- family reshuffle
- push bike
- mystery trio
- confirmands at Hamborn
- streets of Hamborn
The Mastodon thread for season 3 is here.
You can find Season 2 entries in this thread on Mastodon (complete now!) or via the list at the bottom of the last entry of the season (and also at the bottom of the first entry of this season).
The twitter thread for season 1 is still here. Alternatively, visit the last instalment and find the numbered list of entries at the bottom.
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