Maientage ("May Days") in Hasenheide, Berlin, 2019 |
On the right, at a distance of about five hundred paces, was a board fence, above which could be seen all sorts of booths, pavilions, and lamp-bedecked arches, all covered with a wealth of inscriptions. ...
"Fräulein Rosella, the Living Wonder Girl; Grave Crosses at the Lowest Prices; Quick Photography, American Style; Russian Ball Throwing, six shots for ten pfennigs; Swedish Punch with Waffles; Figaro's Finest Opportunity, or the First Hairdressing Parlor in the World; Grave Crosses at the Lowest Prices; Swiss Shooting Gallery: 'Shoot right quick and shoot right well, Shoot and hit like William Tell.'"
Theodor Fontane: »Trials and Tribulations«, 1888
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