Cigarette card with image of Hitler, Goering and a third man in uniform reviewing papers 2012.68.7 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Cigarette card, Erste Besichtigung des Richthofen - Geschwaders, image 148, group 64, series 15, Adolf Hitler - Pictures of the Life of the Führer, from about 1936. The card features a black and white photograph of Hitler and Goering visiting the Richthofen Air Squadron. Cigarette cards were a popular collectible item in Germany beginning about 1920. Large albums with text, but no pictures, were published for each series and the cards were collected to be added as illustrations. The increasing popularity of the Nazi Party made them a desirable subject for a collectible card series. The album for this series has text and photo captions that tell the story of Hitler's life from his birth in 1899 to his 1933 appointment as Chancellor, and then Fuhrer, of Germany.
Cigarette card, Erste Besichtigung des Richthofen - Geschwaders, image 148, group 64, series 15, Adolf Hitler - Pictures of the Life of the Führer, from about 1936. The card features a black and white photograph of Hitler and Goering visiting the Richthofen Air Squadron. Cigarette cards were a popular collectible item in Germany beginning about 1920. Large albums with text, but no pictures, were published for each series and the cards were collected to be added as illustrations. The increasing popularity of the Nazi Party made them a desirable subject for a collectible card series. The album for this series has text and photo captions that tell the story of Hitler's life from his birth in 1899 to his 1933 appointment as Chancellor, and then Fuhrer, of Germany.
- Title: Cigarette card with image of Hitler, Goering and a third man in uniform reviewing papers 2012.68.7 front
- Provenance: The cigarette card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Martin Shallow III., The cigarette card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Martin Shallow III.
- Subject Keywords: Cigarette cards--Germany. Heads of state--Germany--Pictorial works., Cigarette cards--Germany. Heads of state--Germany--Pictorial works.
- Type: Information Forms, Information Forms
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Small, rectangular paper card with a halftone photographic print with white borders treated to look like a glossy photograph. It has an image of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, and a third man, all in uniform, looking at papers held by Goering. The third man is pointing out something in the papers. On the back is the title, series, group and image number, German fraktur text, and adhesive residue on the corners., Small, rectangular paper card with a halftone photographic print with white borders treated to look like a glossy photograph. It has an image of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, and a third man, all in uniform, looking at papers held by Goering. The third man is pointing out something in the papers. On the back is the title, series, group and image number, German fraktur text, and adhesive residue on the corners.
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