postcards and photos from the early-mid 1900s

Alte Tradition

No letters for three days now but a whole [???] of papers yesterday from father. Radio Times, John O’London which was very nice to get. I had forgotten I had this pc it is of the old shop at Mittenvald where violin making has been going on for the last 250 years - where I saw the [???] lute. The art of violin construction was first brought to Mittenvald by the Italians and in the buildings you then saw their influence on architecture. There was also a very interesting and picturesque church (r.c.) here and the buildings were all very old. The town was right at the foot of some very high mountains and I think it is a winter sports centre. It was a dear little place. I’ve had *two* *letters* from *you* in six weeks. Is that best you can do? [seems annoyed!]

Alte Tradition

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Alte Tradition

Johann Reiter
Saiteninstrumentenmacher und Reparatuer
Mittenwald (Bay)
Preismedaillen und Diplome, Paris, Wien, Nuremberg. Meister-violinen, Cellos, Lauten, Gitarren, Zithern
Kunstlerborgen, Saiten und Colophonium
Mittenwalder Geigenbau 250 Jahre

August 11th, 1936 at 8:20 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink