Julius Weltzien and the Interwar Transatlantic Business Dilemma: Nationalism and Internationalism Corrupted Images

Home of the Weltzien family in the Berlin neighborhood of Zehlendorf

Portrait of Julius Weltzie.

The plant of Cheimsche Fabrik auf Actien (vorm. E. Schering) in Berlin-Wedding, ca. 1913.

The building that housed Schering & Glatz’s New York City office

The plant of the Chemische Fabrik auf Actien (vorm. E. Schering) in Wedding, Berlin, 1921. Note: Compare with the photo…

Weltzien with two employees marking their 25th anniversary of joining the company, 1938

The headquarters of Schering-Kahlbaum AG, ca. 1930. Note: Compare with the etching of the same building nine years earlier and…

Headquarters of Schering AG in Wedding, ca. 1938. Note: Compare with the more traditional façade of the building several years…

Display of Schering Corporation products in an American shop, ca. 1935

A half-tone photograph of Schering’s Bloomfield plant in the 1930s.

Label for menthol product manufactured by Schering in Germany and distributed by Schering & Glatz in the United States.

A box of Atophan marketed by Schering & Glatz in the United States, 1929