1920s

Notable Figures of Post-War Germany

The popularity of cigarette card albums in the postwar years in Germany was due in part to their offering the public a chance to see things from around the world in their own home. Advances in mass producing color images and collecting them in such albums made them something like a “personal museum”.

One of the most popular albums of the 1920s was the series “Die Welt in Bildern” (The World in Pictures), of which there were five. Among the many different topics they covered, ranging from earlier centuries to the present and from Indonesian dance, or African ceremonial masks, to modern architecture and film stars, there were also pages devoted to contemporary German cultural figures in literature, stage and the visual arts.

This picture is the cover of a five-page presentation titled “German Technology” (“Deutsche Technik”) that was the centerpiece of a popular cigarette card album of the late 1920s with the title “Die Welt in Bilder” (“The World in Pictures”). In this section, current advances in German technology are described. Such albums, produced in the hundreds of thousands, reached a large national audience and help shaped public perception through mass-produced images on a variety of topics.

Food Rations

Toward the end of the war and continuing well into the 1920s, food was scarce for the general populace.

Therefore, what food there was had to be rationed.

Coupons were issued that specified how much of a particular foodstuff could be received in exchange for the coupon.

Food Rations

Toward the end of the war and continuing well into the 1920s, food was scarce for the general populace.

Therefore, what food there was had to be rationed.

Coupons were issued that specified how much of a particular foodstuff could be received in exchange for the coupon.

Food Rations

Toward the end of the war and continuing well into the 1920s, food was scarce for the general populace.

Therefore, what food there was had to be rationed.

Coupons were issued that specified how much of a particular foodstuff could be received in exchange for the coupon.