Road? Mud! A Wehrmacht Feldgendarmerie is controlling the traffic with his signal stick. Patched tarp of the truck is also interesting. The picture was taken in Southern Russia in 1942 from a photo album of Kraftfahr-Abteilung 562. What is interesting was the very white wall of the house we see in the middle despite of this messy ground. Cars, people... everything muddy and dusty, how can a house keep white wall? It is because the muddy road never reaches directly to the house. And as you can see, there is a grey stripe painted along the base of the house to avoid splashes of dirt on the wall in heavy rain. It’s still made everywhere in Europe today when the house is white.
Source :
Akira Takiguchi photo collection
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