Even though this edition was only published around 1969, the pictures are significantly older, as the first edition already appeared in the early 1950s.

Even though this edition only appeared in 1970, the pictures are significantly older, as the first edition already appeared in the mid-50s.

Alongside many beautiful period woodcuts, there is also one of the Düsseldorf Planetarium, interestingly with a year printed next to it from a time when the planetarium had not even been built yet.

This book on the history of Dyckerhoff & Widmann also contains an illustration of the Hansahochhaus in Cologne.