Willy Römer (1887-1979) Berlin, 1904-1958. Street artists and crafts. Dancers on stilts. Blind musician playing the barrel organ. Old man with gramophone. Accordion player and his dog. One-man band. Contortionist. Juggler. Dancers. Bear showman. Creation of new rolls for barrel organs. Harp player. Acrobat. Making musical instruments. Modern in-4 album of 52 silver prints and counter-types (c. 1960) slipped into corners. Captions and dates typed in German on labels glued to the versos. Average print size: 24 x 18 cm A witness to the social and political changes in Germany between the wars, Willy Römer also documented the everyday life of Berlin's inhabitants. His photographic archives miraculously survived the destruction of the Second World War, and are invaluable visual sources for anyone interested in the cultural history of the period.