Religious Procession in Cologne, 1937

A clergyman in white cassock leads children carrying processional banners through a street in Cologne.

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The photograph shows a clergyman in white vestments leading a procession, surrounded by children in light-colored clothing carrying banners with cross designs. Such processions—for example, Corpus Christi processions—were a fixed feature of public life in 1930s Cologne, a city with a strongly Catholic character. In the travel film, this scene is integrated into the Cologne section, which, besides the Cologne Cathedral, includes street scenes and everyday snapshots of Rhenish urban life. The grainy image quality and tight framing are characteristic of the documentary style of outdoor filming from this period. The motif represents the religious and folkloric life of Cologne in the film, complementing the cathedral’s standing as an architectural landmark.

Resolution 7680 × 4320 px (33,2 MP)
File format TIFF, 16-bit
Year taken 1937
Location Köln
Collection Historiathek / zb Media
Source archive NARA
Photographer Unbekannt
Rights Historiathek / zb Media GmbH