Neue Freie Presse
Period: 1864-1938. Year 1864. First edition of Neue Freie Presse. 01-09-1864. The most influential single factor in forming public opinion. The paper was under Jewish ownership and management and defended Dreyfus. See Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935). Neue Freie Presse (“New Free Press”) was a Viennese newspaper founded by Adolf Werthner together with the journalists Max Friedländer and Michael […]
Wiener Bilder
Year 1911. Special edition wednesday 17-05-1911. Period: 1896-1939. Weekly, Sundays. See also Das interessante Blatt (1882-1939). The first editor was Vinzenz Chiavacci. Year 1911. Wiener Bilder. Year 1911. Wiener Bilder.
Maud Turner (starts 1909)
No photo. Maud Turner (starts 1909). Profession: Nanny of Anna Justine Mahler (Gucki) (1904-1988). Relation to Mahler: Nanny of Anna Justine Mahler (Gucki) (1904-1988), English governess. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 1888 approximately. Died: Unknown. Buried: Unknown. Period Year 1907. Year 1908. Year 1909. 1909 Eastbound 10-04-1909 until 19-04-1909 S.S. Kronprinzessin Cecilie. 1910 Westbound 18-10-1910 until 25-10-1910 S.S. […]
Westbahnhof railway station
Neubaugurtel, Vienna, XV. Oldest station in Vienna Kaiserin Elisabeth Bahnhof (now Westbahnhof, Europaplatz). From this railway station Gustav Mahler travelled to Cologne and Amsterdam. From this station Gustav Mahler left Vienna in 09-12-1907. Year 1907. Year 1911. 12-05-1911 Last arrival in Vienna. See Das interessante Blatt. Destroyed. Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West station) is a major Austrian railway […]
Gare de l’Est
Year 1911. Gustav Mahler himself in Paris (1900, 1907, 1909, 1910 and 1911). The Gare de l’Est was opened in 1849 by the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Strasbourg (the Paris-Strasbourg Railway Company) under the name “Strasbourg platform.” This platform corresponds today with the hall for main-line trains, and was designed by […]
Jean-Joseph Defaut (1852-1929)
Defaut sanatorium. Gustav Mahler and Dr. Jean-Joseph Defaut (1852-1929) in Illustriertes Wiener Extrablatt, 28-04-1911. Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Residences: Defaut sanatorium, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France. Relation to Mahler: Year 1911, Health. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 07-04-1852 Confolens, France. Died: 1929 Buried: Unknown.
Defaut sanatorium
Year 1911. Dr. Defaut (doctor, docteur). 50 Avenue du Roule in Neuilly-sur-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris at the time. From the window one could see the daffodils in the Bois de Boulogne. The sanatorium is a one hour walk from the Hotel Elysee Palace where Alma Mahler (1879-1964) stayed. Start of the serum treatment. Check-in: 21-04-1911. Check-out: 11-05-1911. […]
1911 Hotel Elysee Palace
The Elysée Palace is a former Paris hotel built by the Elysée Palace Hotel Company. In 1896 the Compagnie Internationale des Grands Hôtels (CIGH) took part in the Elysée Palace Hotel Company. According to the plan, the hotel had to be ready for visitors to the 1900 World Exhibition, which would then be held in […]
1911 Eastbound 08-04-1911 until 16-04-1911 S.S. Amerika
Itinerary Check-in: 08-04-1911 USA, New York, Ellis Island. Check-out: 16-04-1911 France, Cherbourg, Terminal. Duration: 9 days. Steamship: S.S. Amerika. Chronology: See photo’s 141 and 142. Year 1911 Passengers Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Anna Justine Mahler (Gucki) (1904-1988). Remarks Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) is ill. Last photos taken. Last crossing of the Atlantic ocean. Also aboard: Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) and a nurse.
Niagara Falls
Year 1910. 07-12-1910. Visit by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. Located on the […]