Kurt and Herbert. RPPC. Private Collection.
A very crisp and clean RPPC of two smartly dressed kid brothers holding hats with the black visor. Apparently these were only popular with German boys and men at the time. The backdrop with the corinthian column gives this picture a luxurious, wealthy feel, and these two are posing like their adult counterparts.
I’m guessing this was taken around 1900-1905. They’re IDed on the back with the city of Berlin as their hometown. If anyone can make out the last name, here’s the back note:
![Kurt and Herbert [...] Berlin](https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kurt-herbert-back.jpg)
Kurt and Herbert […] Berlin
Bowlers And High Collars 
June 16th, 2015 at 4:06 am
They both look very self assured, perhaps slightly arrogant and posing too comfortably for the clothes to be their “Sunday best.” I wonder who polished their shoes ;-)
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June 16th, 2015 at 4:08 am
Yep. They look high society and probably were insufferable LOL. Any chance you can read their last name better than I do?
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June 16th, 2015 at 4:12 am
I’ve looked several times now but no luck, perhaps a German speaking follower might be more helpful.
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June 16th, 2015 at 4:15 am
Hard to decypher, yeah. Maybe someone will. I would have liked to know what those ended up doing that’s not totally evil. lol j/k
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June 16th, 2015 at 5:16 am
Judging by the period they may well have ended up on the Western Front, poor kids
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June 16th, 2015 at 4:20 am
By the way….the maid polished their shoes. THE MAID! ;)
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June 16th, 2015 at 5:15 am
Quite right too, they need to know their place in the social order lol
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June 16th, 2015 at 5:26 pm
I think those hats indicate that they are students and that that is their school uniform. Might be worth looking along those lines. I’ll see if I can find anything.
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June 16th, 2015 at 6:15 pm
It would make sense!
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June 16th, 2015 at 6:16 pm
But couldn’t find anything to back up my theory!
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June 16th, 2015 at 6:17 pm
Things like this are hard to research! I found it on young men and boys. I haven’t seen old men wearing it so maybe.
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August 8th, 2015 at 7:52 am
The last name: Phlanstner (?)
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