Ships, Folk Art, and Whimsey in Bottles

A diorama showing the history of shipbuilding in Hamburg, Germany. The Hamburg shipyards have their tradition in craft shipbuilding, which dates back to the Middle Ages and over the centuries has undergone both the technical changes and the respective structural changes in the economy, politics and urban development. In the twentieth century, shipyard work had a decisive influence on the social fabric in the city in addition to port work