The Snapshots in Time Collection

Cobblestone Town Square with Half-Timbered Buildings and Vintage Automobile, Postwar Germany

Cobblestone Town Square with Half-Timbered Buildings and Vintage Automobile, Postwar Germany

A quiet town square in Franconia, Germany, photographed in the years following World War II. The half-timbered buildings, traditional shop signs, and cobblestone streets illustrate the historic small-town architecture that survived the war largely intact, standing in sharp contrast to the ruins of nearby cities such as Nuremberg. Project: 218493