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SeriesCorrespondence and manuscripts
Transcription
[Printed signature, tentative] A. Jansen [following marks unresolved] [Title and imprint on the apparent reverse] Kollision bei nebligem Wetter. T. S. N. Serie 1418. (12 Muster)
English translation
Collision in Foggy Weather. T.S.N., series 1418 (12 designs). The artist's signature is provisionally read as A. Jansen.
Working reading and English translation prepared for the Reichenbach Family Archive from the supplied scans, 14 September 2026.
Text note
The artist attribution remains provisional. The picture is a printed illustration, not a photograph of a documented family event.
- Archive reference
- RB-SCAN-050
- Date
- Undated; early twentieth century
- Medium
- Colour printed picture postcard
- Digital image
- 3272 × 2114 pixels
- Evidence status
- Historical printed illustration; title and series read from the apparent reverse; artist attribution provisional
- Uncertainty
- Neither vessel nor a particular historical collision has been identified. The printed signature appears to read A. Jansen; a dealer lists the same title under Alfred Jansen, but the artist's full identity, the marks after the signature and the publication year are not established. Physical front-and-back pairing awaits confirmation.
- Source and provenance
- Scans supplied by Daniel Reichenbach on 14 September 2026 as Scan.jpeg (message and address) and Scan 1.jpeg (picture). Catalogued together as the apparent two sides of one postcard; the physical pairing has not yet been separately confirmed.
- Credit
- Reichenbach Family Archive; postcard published by Theodor Stroefer, Nuremberg (T.S.N.); picture tentatively attributed to Alfred Jansen.
- Rights
- Family-supplied historical scans published at the archive owner's request. No separate reuse licence is asserted for the postcard artwork.
- Image treatment
- Full-resolution scan rotated 90° clockwise for upright viewing and saved as PNG. No cropping, retouching, tonal adjustment or generative alteration. The original JPEG is preserved separately; small gallery previews are display derivatives.
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How to cite this object
Chicago-style suggested citation
Reichenbach Family Archive. “Collision in Foggy Weather — postcard picture.” Undated; early twentieth century. RB-SCAN-050. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-scan-050.
Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-scan-050