INTERNATIONALE ELEKTROTECHNISCHE AUSSTELLUNG ZU FRANKFURT AM MAIN ANNO DOMINI 1891: figure holding bright light up, lightening bolts at end of right hand, connected to another-all in front of city
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GESPRAGT AUS ALUMINUM VON DER ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIE ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT|NEUHAUSEN SCHWEIZ: crowned eagle
ZUR/ JAHR-/ HUN-/ DERTS/ WENDE ("to the turning century"): Thinly draped female figure symbolizing TIME, holding in her r. hand an inverted torch representing the old century (it is in the "being doused" position), and in her left, an upright flaming torch which represents the brightly shining new century.
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1900: Sphinx, representing the uncertainty about the upcoming century --he riddle of the sphinx, as it were.
