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[Picture of old church] Nurnberg. St. Lorenzkirche.

[Picture of city street with cars and people] Nurnberg. Konigsstrasse mit Lorenzerkirche.

Nuremberg. In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancent, stands. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaiint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng.

Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors; rough and bold, Had their dwelling in thy castle, time-defying, centuries old; And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth rhyme, That their great imperial city stretches its hand through every clime. In the court-yard of the castle, bound with many an iron band, Stands the mighty linden planted by Queen Cunigunde's hand; On the square the oriel window, where, in old heroid days, Sat the poet Melchior singing Kaiser Maximilian's praise. Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art: Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing inthe common mart; And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone, By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own. In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust, And in bronze the Twelve Apostles guard from age to age their trust; In the church of sainted Lawrence stands a pix of sculpture rare, Like the foamy sheaf of fountains, rising through the painted air. Here, when Art was still religion, with a simple, reverent heart, Lived and laboured Albrecht Dureer, the Evangelist of Art; Hence in silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand, Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land. "Emigravit" is the inscription on the tombstone where he lies, Dead he is not, but departed, - for the artist never dies. Through these streets so broad and stately, these obscure and dismal lanes, Walked of yore the Mastersingers, chanting rude poetic strains. Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft, Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and laughed. But his house is now an ale-house, with a nicely sanded floor, And a garland in the window, and his face above the door; Painted by some humble artist, as in Adam Puschman's song, As the "old man gray and dove-like, with his great beard white and long." And a night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cark and care, Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair. Vanished is the ancient splendour, and before my dreamy eye Wave these mingled shapes and figures, like a faded tapestry. Not thy councils, not thy Kaisers, win for thee the worlds' regard; But thy painter, Albrecht Durer and Hans Sachs, thy cobbler-bard. Thus, o Nuremberg, a wanderer from a region far away, As he paced thy streets and courtyards, sang in thought his careless lay.

Taken off "Nurembert". A poem of Henry W. Longfellow.

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Oberammergau, Bravaria.

Oberammergau is where the Passion Play depicting the life of Christ is given every ten years. Anton Lang is one of the notable actors who played the part of the Christ for many years. The little silver medallion with his autograph on the back was given to camp by Mrs. John M. Holmes, who stayed in the home of Anton Lang when she visited Oberammergau and saw the Passion Play in 1922.

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PASSIONSPIELE 19 ABSCHIED 22 TRAUT FOT O.AMMERGAU VON BATHANIA BRUCKMANN REP.

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[Picture of Jesus holding a cup]

PASSIONSPIELE 19 JESUS BEI DEM 22 TRAUT FOT. O. AMMERGAU No4 ABENDMAHLE BRUCKMANN REP.

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[Picture of Jesus praying on mountain]

PASSIONSPIELE 19 JESUS 22 TRAUT FOT. O. AMMERGAU No44 AM OLBERG BRUCKMANN REP.

[Picture of woman holding cross]

[Illegible caption] 19 MAGDALENA, 22 TRAUT FOT. PAULA RENDL BRENDAMOUR REP.

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[painting of man walking along a canal]

OBERAMMERGAU HAS KEPT FAITH FOR 300 YEARS

Pilgrim throngs flock to this Bavarian village every ten years to see that most impressive of dramatic spectacles, the Passion Play, enacted by peasants in the fulfillment of a vow made in 1633.

[painted portrait of a man with beard]

PASSIONSPIELE 19 JUDAS 22 TRAUT-FOT OBERAMMERGAU - NO 92 BRENDAMOUR-REP

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