Large photographic album. 115 gelatin silver prints, mounted on 43 stiff leaves. Some leaves have printed or manuscript captions. A few photographs have blind stamps of the photographers Rob Heinrick of Altona and Zander & Labisch, of Berlin. (Oblong folio) 30.5x40.6 cm (12x16"), full calf with design on front panel depicting a farmer at a plow, all edges gilt.

Photographs of the exposition's opening ceremonies are followed by depictions in profile of prize winning horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, rabbits, and fowl. Published just a few years after Germany's defeat in World War I, the album proudly displays German agricultural prosperity and an optimism not often seen in 1920's Germany. Due to the size of this lot extra shipping charges will apply.

One interesting image shows a photographer with his set-up photographing one of these prize winning specimens. Equestrian displays and other exhibitions as well as the interiors and exteriors of the buildings are pictured in many of the photographs. Six overviews of the fair document the large crowds and extensive grounds.  Founded in 1885, the Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft is still active today, with over 17,000 members worldwide.