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Title: Berlin and its environs; handbook for travellers
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic
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he corner of the Trebbiner-Str., the Central Junction of the Electric Elevated Railway (p. 14), inwhich the transition from the lower to the upper level is made. The Anhalt Station (PI. G, 19), in the Askanischer-Platz, is ahandsome brick building erected by Schwechten in 1875-80. Themain hall is 115 ft. in height and as broad as the Linden (200 ft.). 128 Serfi<,,, o. BERLIN. Ethnograph. Mu Tramways (pp. 15-18): Nos. 1, 7, 14, 15, 63, 93. The Prlnz-Albrecht-Strasse (PI. G, 19, 22) diverges to the E.from the Koniggratzer-Str. between the Potsdam and Anhalt Sta-tions. At the corner on the right is the — ^Ethnographical Museum (Museum fur Volkerkunde; PI. G, 19), designed by EikU and opened in 1886, the main en-trance to whieh is in the semicircular structure on the E. side. Onthe groundfloor are the Prehistoric Collections (director, Dr. Voss)and Schliemanns Trojan Collections; the two upper floors aredevoted to the Ethnographical Collections, which rival in extent and Thirst Tloor
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scientific value those in the British Museum. —Adm. see p. 37;the official guide (1904; 50 pf.) is not clearly arranged. As the collec-tions are constantly being added to and the arrangement of theexhibits altered, visitors are referred to the directing arrowsand instructions on the door-psts of the rooms and to the labelsattached to the various objects. First Floor. BERLIN. Section 5. 129 Court. — The Vestibule, the ceiling of which is adorned witha mosaic of the Zodiac, and the adjoining glass-covered Court,which is surrounded by galleries, contain the larger objects. In thevestibule is a colossal Buddha from Japan. In the court are numer-ous sculptures in stone from Mexico and Central America; nearthe entrance, antiquities (gold objects) from Columbia; opposite theentrance, a plaster cast, 33 ft. in height, of the eastern door of thegreat tope of Sanchi in Central India, dating from the 3rd cent. B.C, and adorned with reliefs from Indian mythology and history;to the lef

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