Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: Zuckertüte

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of beginnings and endings (houses being built or torn down, stores opening or closing, an old year ending or a new one starting, etc.). Date and initials at lower right: "4.9.51. F.S." Printed on the back of this photo: "Photogr. F. Schumann, Pirna ." A snapshot of a young German girl who's holding a Schultüte , or school cone, which she received as a gift on her first day of school as a way to commemorate the beginning of her formal education. For a similar photo taken a few years later, see Girl with Schultüte, 1955 . For more photos, see my Schultüten (School Cones) album.

Ein kleiner Junge mit einem großen Schultüte. (A small boy with a big Schultüte, or school cone.)

A handwritten date of 1955 appears on the back of this Schultüte (school cone) photo.