Sarah from Travel with Me wanted us to look at numbers in monochrome for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness. Show us your contribution by linking either to Sarah or to Leanne.
The numbers that controll us most in modern life are the numbers on the clock. They tell us when to get up, when to go to work, when to fetch the kids … The good thing is: You can make the numbers suit you. Have your tea time anytime you want.
The added bonus in the above photo where, obviously, Roman numerals. Below is a photo with a perfectly readable, normal European everyday number. Now the writing – it’s called Sütterlin and was a simplified, standardized version of German black letters (Kurrentschrift) that was taught in school in Germany from around 1915 to 1941. The photo is from the Technical Museum in Speyer, it shows a train used during the first world war, and it reads: Feldeisenbahn 17 West (field train 17 west).
Another way to display numbers we’re all familiar with, the dots or pips on dice.
We number a lot of things in our life, i.e. car license plates. I have no qualms about displaying the number plates below in full (normally I redact the numbers) because it’s our old license plate.
Staying on the roads, numbers everywhere you look. Although 10 kmh is a rather rare sign.
And even looking next to roads – there are numbers on houses and on fences, it seems.
In Wiesbaden they even number their trees.
I don’t remember where I took this photo or what the number signified. But it’s one of my favourite numbers so I had to include it.
And to round it all up, a very athletic number.
Nobody remembers if dragon boat no.3 won the heat, everybody just watched the pacemaker.
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I like the dice and dragon boat photos Elke. Overall a good bunch of numbers
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Thanks Brian. Dragon Boat Viking woman was the first photo I picked.
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A great varied selection Elke, and I love the dragon boat shot in particular 🙂 I’ve never heard of Sütterlin so that was very interesting – I certainly couldn’t have deciphered that writing despite know a little German! Thanks for joining in this week.
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My mother was the exact age group who learned it and she taught me. Most Germans nowadays confuse it with the old style writing (similar to black letter) and call everything “Sütterlin”. I use to confuse my students when they complain that Latin letters are complicated. 😄
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A great variety
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Thanks Sue. With photos I keep it with a children’s book character I had when I was little. She had 6 kids (I think she was a mouse or something like that). When the owl plucked one out, she was worried, counted her kids and was fine again. She couldn’t count past 3 (1, 2, many). Since she still had many children she was okay. I count my photos similarly. One good one, another one, many …
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😄😂
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Fun collection. I do remember that writing – had no trouble reading that railroad sign – which amazed me as it was so long ago that I learned that script as a young boy.
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