2544 - Moscow, Russia

A depressing look, but stunning card of a painting by Vasily Perov, "Apprentice Workmen Carrying Water" 1866. The title is misleading because it is obvious the "workmen" are children. In the card, the writer says Perov shows the "unenviable fare of children in the XIXth century. Children performed overwhelming work."

Vasily Perov (1834-1882) was a key figure in the Russian Realist movement and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki. The Peredvizhniki were a group of Russian realist artists who formed an artists' cooperative in protest of academic restrictions. Perov studies at the Alexander Stupin art school and the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture.

He won a state-sponsored trip in 1862 and travelled to western Europe, spending time in Germany and France, specifically Paris. He created many paintings of European street life.

In 1871 he was awarded a professorship at the Moscow School of Arts, Sculpture, and Architecture. It was around this time he joined the Peredvizhniki.

He died in 1882 of tuberculosis.

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3227 - Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.

3322 - Hamburg, Germany

Happy birthday to me! What a lovely handmade card from the sender. Beautiful penmanship. Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main court of the German Open Tennis Championships. The International German Open has been played at the Rothernbaum since 1892, making it Germany's longest running tennis tournament. The current stadium was built in 1999 and can hold 13 200 people.

3232 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America

The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light was built in 1882. There were nine keepers of the light until 1897. It was redesigned in 1903 and is 12 meters high. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was started in 1872 and wasn't opened for large-scale watercraft until 1890. The canal is 2.1 kilometers long that goes from Sturgeon Bay in Lake Michigan to Green Bay. There are no locks on this canal. The canal was sold to the United States government in 1893 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the canal.

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