Line block indicator (open), from the portfolio: ‘Original photographs of the automatically installed block system (Alfred Oesterreicher system) on the Rodaun–Kaltenleutgeben line’, March 1904, Technisches Museum Wien.

Booth of the V. Till Art Mill & Bread Factory at the International Exhibition for Public Nutrition, Hygiene, Military Catering, and Rescue Services, Vienna, 1894, Mila Palm Collection.

Cart at the International Exhibition for Public Nutrition, Hygiene, Military Catering, and Rescue Services, Vienna, 1894, Photoinstitut Bonartes, Vienna.

Steamship “Suppan”, postcard, 1906, commissioned by the DDSG, Photoinstitut Bonartes, Vienna.

Object Photography

Exhibition at the Bonartes Photo Institute "Only the Biggest Construction Sites – Marianne Strobl's Photo Campaigns" 13. 8. to 21. 11. 2025

Nearly a hundred examples of regional transport vehicles from throughout the monarchy were displayed at a special exhibition for military provisioning in Vienna in 1894: The vehicles’ load capacity and maneuverability were to be tested for “army needs,” as they would need to be requisitioned in case of war. Marianne Strobl’s standardized photographs – with consistent distance maintained between the (individually numbered) ladder wagons and the camera –demonstrate size relationships. The collected information was made available through a publication with a detailed accompanying catalog.

When the Danube Steamship Company presented their ships as postcards or as pictures in their annually published timetable, Strobl pursued the same strategy: Even in the smaller views, an identical image frame ensures that they can be compared.

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