As I finnaly got through a lot of info and pictures this summer, that had been pilling up the last years, I found an e-mail with a link to an exceptional rich photoarchive: The Ruhr Museum Archive. A massive collection of the stuf that a company archive usually has in store, of the 30's uptil 80's. It looks like the archive of an photographer that worked for Ludewig. An amazing time capsule.

So? what now? Should I try to write a book on Ludewig histoty? That would be nice, but it would take me a lot of research time. There pictures are 68 tot 72 years old. The people on the pictures are approaching their 90th birthday if they are stil alive.

For now I'm going to put my comments on this page and "advertise" the find of this for additional ideas. Later on I'll contact the archive to hear what the think about all this

		1st production Wehrmacht	1st production Wehrmacht	1st production Wehrmacht

A photoshoot in the courtyard of the production. The bus seem to be 1st version Wehrmacht. It's most likely later in the war-period. Notice that it's almost all women....

	The iron scissors may only be opperated by machine - master Neumann or replacer Pick. Ajustment or initial installing only by the company engineer.	The screw press may only be operated by Jarmuszefski or Neumann. Every sheet of tin must be tested with the micro meter.	roling sheets of iron to form the curved sides

Machinery in the production.

Loading a strecher in a 1st Wehrmacht version.

A 1st Wehrmacht version is photographed with different stages of it's folding seats and strechers, showing it's flexibility.

The construction of the wooden frame.

Outside storage.

2nd version Wehrmacht (notice missing tyres).

Pre-war picture. A travel-coach put in the side of the road for pictures.

Pre-war delivery of a liner for a Dutch city. The cities shield with a Dutch crown on the side.(Which city?).

One of the 3 Aero streamliners photographed around the shop in the Essenerstrasse.

At the outing with the 3 Aero streamliners and the Mercedes there where many more pictures made.....

The Bussing doubledecker on a fair. Must be ca 1936.

What? Another Blitz Aero streamliner? Amazing! And it's even seen on a fair.

A set of postwar pictures on the 1,5 tonner chassis showing (besides others) a bus.

Both locations where severely damaged in (probably) 2 different bombing raids on Essen.

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