Strassburger monument in Bazel 1900 - 1940

This stereoscopic card shows the Strassburger monument in Bazel. You know, I’m always drawn to anonymous works. There’s something so universal about not knowing who made a thing, it kind of opens up a whole realm of possibilities. Imagine this artist, whoever they were, setting up their camera, framing this monument just so. This image, with its greyscale tones and sharp contrasts, captures a moment in time, a specific place. I wonder what they were thinking, what their connection to this monument was. Were they just documenting it, or did it hold some deeper meaning for them? Maybe they were trying to capture the essence of memory, of history. This monument, frozen in stone and then captured in this stereoscopic image, becomes a kind of time capsule, preserving not just the image, but the artist’s perspective, too. It’s a conversation across time.