The caption is Hungarian alone, printed in red, with nothing in Serbian or German beside it. The awning band on the corner shop carries a German trade name on both its faces, while the fascia opposite has a tradesman's name in Latin capitals with two lines of Cyrillic under it that will not resolve, so three languages stand on one street where the publisher used only one. A policeman is out on the rails directing, a loaded dray waits at the kerb, and a lattice traction mast carries the overhead away down the street.
About this place
Dunavska street runs from Zmaj Jovina down to the Belgrade Quay on the Danube, and took shape in the first years of the 18th century as the road between the town centre and the river landing. Early city maps call it Auf den Brücken, the street on the bridges, because timber bridges carried it over the marshy ground on either side, and it was also known as Petrovaradinska after the crossing to Petrovaradin. From the late 18th century the name settled into Dunavska, with Duna utca in Hungarian and Donau-Gasse in German saying the same thing. The houses at numbers 1, 6, 7, 18 and 20 are protected monuments, and the street today carries the Museum of Vojvodina, the Historical Museum, the Officers' House and the entrance to the Danube Park.
On the card
Ujvidék. Duna-utca. / DIETZGEN Söhne / […] MILAN
- Date
- 1913
- Coordinates
- 45.25632, 19.85078
- Source
- Public online source
- Licence
- Public domain (historical photograph)
- Size
- 1576 × 1017 px
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