Everyone in Germany, including young children, drank beer.

"The Exotic" by Freidrich Prölsz

This image depicts, as it were, the city cousin visiting the country cousin - showing the difference in attire. This is a typical farm dwelling with the cows in the stall to the left and the family living quarter on the right. See German Houses Interiors now or at the bottom of the page.

"The City Cousin" by Benjamin Vautier

Benjamin Vautier (1828-1898) was a Swiss painter.

Notice the stove in the corner behind the older man. This was a typical stove for heating the home. Notice also the bed behind the curtains. Rooms had multiple uses and the bed room was more like a bed closet off a room that had a more generla use, like a sitting room.

"Playing at Cards" by Benjamin Vautier

Printed on back:

"The scene may be laid in the German Tyrol, where the weather proves the value of thick walls and high-tiled stoves.

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"his ability in interpreting the pleaures and sorrows of every-day peasant life in various parts of Germany."

"Happy Hours" by Karl Gebhardt (1860-1917)

The information with this images says it is not a wedding but a fete.

"Kept In"

A Scene of "Germany peasant family life"

"The Good Little sisters" by Johann Meyer von Bremen

Johann Meyer Von Bremen (1813-1886) was born in Bremen and was known for his genre paintings of peasant life in Germany and Switzerland.

"The Agricultural Labourer - Sunday"

Bible reading among the Lutherans was very common.

FREDRICK WILLIAM I AND THE SALZBURG IMMIGRANTS

In November of 1731 the Catholic Archbishop of Salzburg ordered the expulsion of more than 20,000 Protestant from the archbishopric. It was the largest religious deportation in modern European history. They wandered around for some months until they were invited by Fredrick William I of Prussia to settle on his lands in East Prussia which at the time were relatively underpopulated.

Speckbacher and his Son

Josef Speckbacker was a peasant and patriot born in the Tyrol in 1767. His son, Andreas was taken prisoner in 1809. They were reunited in 1815. Josef Speckbacker died in 1820. Josef Speckbacher

J Sonnenleiter painted the reunion of Speckbacker and his son circa 1886.

Maggie