H. Schumann & Co. letterhead
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Apr 27th, 2024. Artwork published in
circa 1930
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Letterhead for the furniture store of H. Schumann & Co., proudly depicting the six-story commercial building at Zionskirchstraße 38 in the north of Berlin. The design is undated. The company is not yet listed in the 1922 issue of Berlin’s Branchenbuch (yellow pages). H. Schumann & Co. appeared in 1927 (then on no. 30). It was on no. 38 in 1941. By 1948, it had moved to nearby Zehdenicker Straße 5.
The fonts in use suggest a date sometime around 1930, too: there’s Schwere Block (Berthold, first cast in 1920), Erbar-Grotesk (Ludwig & Mayer, 1926), and Heinrich Jost’s Atrax (Bauer, 1926).
