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Bohemian towns I, photograph, around 1898

Clockwise from top left, the illustrations show: Budweis/České Budějovice, Reichenberg/Liberec, Aussig an der Elbe/Ústí nad Labem and Gablonz/Jablonec. The medallion in the middle shows Leitmeritz/Litoměřice. The towns shown were the scenes of huge nationalist disputes between Germans and Czechs in the 19th century.

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