Exhibition grounds, Horse Tamers and the Kruppstraße, 1937

Two monumental stone groups of a man holding a rearing horse stand at the entrance to the grounds, rows of girls in white blouses drawn up behind them; tall masts with sail-like banners line an avenue to the exhibition entrance, where a woman pushes a pram past the ticket booths. A signpost topped by a hiker points to the youth hostel exhibition, fountains arch in a long basin, the camera rides beside an open car, and barges lie at anchor on the Rhine. A white model house and a lamp-post sign reading Kruppstraße complete the sequence.

Edwin Scharff made the two Horse Tamers for the 1937 exhibition; they still stand at the entrance to the Nordpark. The Kruppstraße sign stood for the works in Essen that were turning out guns and armour for rearmament.