A Rare Find

Yesterday, still lacking a suitable memento from my time here in Dresden, I walked into an Antiquariat bookseller in the middle of town. I flipped through the usual old engravings, but nothing caught my eye. So I asked the helpful young clerk if they had any old photos of the city. He recommended that I check upstairs, in the section labeled "Saxonia". So I did, and just when I was about to give up, I pulled out two large heavy-paper covers that enclosed a series of 21 gorgeous, signed black-and-white photographs from the 1920s or so, in pristine condition. The photos really are special, showing the pre-war city, often at night, at its most evocative. I bought the lot of them, and plan to have the most alluring ones framed when I get home.