Vintage Maria Laach Abbey Germany Scrapbook Page Photos Postcard Fountain C1950s

Vintage scrapbook page carefully removed from an album; black paper shows mild edge and binder-hole wear. Photographs and postcard are securely mounted with light age toning and slightly softened corners. Handwritten captions remain crisp and legible with no tears or missing pieces on the page.

Item: One loose page from a vintage scrapbook featuring Maria Laach Benedictine Abbey at Laacher See, Germany.

Front side: Includes a color art postcard titled "Am Laacher See" showing Maria Laach Abbey by the lakeside (artist name appears as Curtiss Schulten) and a large black and white photograph of the abbey complex from an elevated viewpoint.

The color postcard back (partially visible) is printed "Maria Laach, Westwerk der Basilika, Maria Laach" with card number Nr. 437.

Handwritten in white pencil on the front page: "Benedictinerabtei Maria Laach. 1085 gegr. v. Pfalzgraf Heinrich von Laach." describing the Benedictine abbey and its founding in 1085.

Reverse side: Four smaller black and white snapshot photographs mounted to the page, including the abbey entrance with visitors, a woman posing in front of the cloister arches, an architectural close-up of the church towers, and the lion-head fountain in the cloister garden.

Handwritten German captions on the back side read "Paradies" near the entrance view and "Brunnen im Paradies." near the lion fountain photograph.

Physical details: Black paper scrapbook sheet with three binding holes along the edge; photos and postcard are affixed to the page and do not appear to be written on the reverse except for the printed postcard text.

Era: Photographs and clothing style suggest a mid-20th-century visit, likely around the 1950s.

MSC171-45