Five albums of promotional sets of cigarette cards featuring pictures and text on famous dancers of the world, published by German cigarette companies in the 1930s. The contents of these albums were issued as collector's cards and distributed with cigarette packages from three companies: Orami and Eckstein-Halpaus--both in Dresden--and Garbáty in Berlin. Two of the albums are part of a series: "Berühmte Tänzerinnen und Tänzer" (Famous Dancers), published by Cigarettenfabrik Orami with unspecified creation dates. The other three albums in the collection were published in 1932 and 1933. The first two, titled "Der Künstlerische Tanz" (The Art of Dance) and "Die Tanzbühnen der Welt" (The Dance Stages of the World), were both published in 1932 by Eckstein-Halpaus. The other dated album in the collection is titled "Berühmte Tänzerinnen" -- published by Garbáty Cigarettenfabrik in 1933.

1.75 Linear Feet 2 boxes

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