The picture was made during the construction of the free-standing stage hall of the reform boarding school <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schule_am_Meer" class="extiw" title="en:Schule am Meer">Schule am Meer</a></i> on the East Frisian island Juist in the Free State of Prussia. The building was and still is unique since no other school in Germany owns a freestanding theater hall. It was planned by Berlin-based Jewish architect <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Ahrends" class="extiw" title="de:Bruno Ahrends">Bruno Ahrends</a> (1878–1948), whose son Gottfried Bruno attended this boarding school.
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Private archive of Renate Samelson, Michigan, USA (granddaughter of <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Hochschild" class="extiw" title="de:Zachary Hochschild">Zachary Hochschild</a> and Philippine Hochschild, née Ellinger; oldest daughter of Dr. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reiner" class="extiw" title="de:Paul Reiner">Paul Reiner</a> and Anna Sara Reiner, née Hochschild)