This is a picture of the Gutenberg Monument in Frankfurt, Germany. It is located in the area of the city known as the "Rossmarkt". In addition to Johannes Gutenberg, Johann Fust and Peter Schoffer, both popular names in printing history, are also cast in bronze beside him. My photo (top) has no date, yet from the severe damage of the surrounding buildings, this photo might have been taken sometime after the U.S. 8th Air Force bombing of Frankfurt on January 29, 1944. The bottom photo, courtesy of http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Rossmarkt-gutenberg-ffm018.jpg, is the monument as it is seen today. Although slight changes have been made to the Deutsche Bank building in the background, it is still fairly close to the original structure.
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