Kaiserkeller
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Kaiserkeller is a music club in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg, Germany, near the Reeperbahn. It was opened by Bruno Koschmider on 14 October 1959. The Beatles had a contract with Kaiserkeller to play there in 1960.
The Kaiserkeller in 2016
A plaque detailing the history of the Kaiserkeller
Astrid Kirchherr
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Astrid Kirchherr was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles and her photographs of the band's original members – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best – during their early days in Hamburg.
A Rolleicord camera (1955), which Kirchherr used
St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Kirchherr took photographs of Liverpool groups as they stood on the front steps