Speicherhaus / Storage House (colour litho)

Speicherhaus. Der Hauptraum in Speicher, dem Lagerhaus von Handelsgutern, war stets eine grosse Erdgeschosshalle, worin auch grossere Waren bequem verladen werden konnten. Nie fehlte der Aufzug, der die Warenballen in das obere Stockwerk beforderte. Die grossten Speicheranlagen sind in den Hansestadten entstanden, die als Umschlagshafen stets Hauptlagerplatze fur Handelsgut waren. Translation: Storage House. The main room in Storage, the storehouse for goods, was always a large ground floor hall, into which larger goods could also be loaded easily. The elevator that transported the bales of goods to the upper floor was never missing. The largest storage facilities were built in the Hanseatic cities, which, as transshipment ports, have always been the main storage areas for commercial goods. Illustration for Deutsche Kulturbilder, 1400-1900 (Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, 1934).