Posted 2 years ago
dgirardin
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I picked these pictures up. I am assuming that it is cigarette pictures but I can't read the writing. Does anybody have any ideas on age or? I know they are German what year they came out. Thank you in advance
Hey, dgirardin. :-)
Dunno if your cards are the same vintage, but I think I found essentially the same thing in book form from 1939, "Deutsche Maerchen" ( German Fairy Tales):
https://archive.org/details/cigaretten-bilderdienst-hamburg-deutsche-maerchen-1939
On page 11, you see a group bearing a glass coffin, and in the text underneath, you see:
Spieglein, spieglein, an der Wand
Wer ist de schoenste im ganzen land?
Translated via Google Translate:
Mirror Mirror on the wall
Who is the prettiest of them all?
Well, I think we know how that worked out for the evil queen in the end, huh?
I spy Rapunzel on page 26.
On page 18, I see one of your pictures. The man guiding the horse with a woman mounted sidesaddle is a hunter.
What's the fairy tale? Cut me a break; I ain't got the energy right now to try to cipher all of that Fraktur script. };-)
OK, somewhat rested now.
The fairy tale illustrated by the hunter leading the horse with the woman seated sidesaddle is Brüderchen und Schwesterchen (Little Brother and Little Sister), not to be confused with Hänsel und Gretel, which is also in the book.
About the former (I hope this doesn't blow up because of the underscore characters in the wikipedia link):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_and_Sister
I leave it to you to find the rest of them. };-)
Yay! The Wikipedia link didn't blow up.
It seems that the Wikipedia links that blow up in CW S&T are the ones that have an underscore character right next to a open parenthesis character or something similar.
Thank you very much for all your help I think I will pass on the other 98 cards. Might take a while to find all them. Thanks again
dgirardin, You're welcome. :-)
The three illustrations seen in this post are in the following stories and on the following pages:
Brüderchen und Schwesterchen (Little Brother and Little Sister) Page 19
https://archive.org/details/cigaretten-bilderdienst-hamburg-deutsche-maerchen-1939/page/19/mode/1up
Aschenputtel (Cinderella) Page 45
https://archive.org/details/cigaretten-bilderdienst-hamburg-deutsche-maerchen-1939/page/45/mode/1up
Rattenkoenig Birlibi (Rat King Birlibi) Page 118
https://archive.org/details/cigaretten-bilderdienst-hamburg-deutsche-maerchen-1939/page/118/mode/1up
"Birlibi was a bit tough to translate, but I found this:
*snip*
And what is the devil’s call? Here it says “Birlibi!”, a term that could be translated as insatiable desire and a call for “Money!”
*snip*
http://www.fairytales.pushpak.de/rat_king_birlibi.html
A'ight, a few more tidbits, and then I'm going to stop torturing you with it. };-)
I wasn't entirely satisfied with the earlier explanation of "Birlibi," and found this:
*snip*
Birlibi m. (thieves') game played by swindling gamblers with walnut shells and dice
*snip*
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50354/50354-0.txt
A translation of the contents description on the copyright page of Deutsche Maerchen:
*snip*
The German fairy tales contained in this book were written by Dr. Paul Alverdes, Munich, compiled and edited. The hundred colored pictures are original works by Professor Paul Hey, Munich. The binding was designed by Helmut Skarbina, Berlin. The graphic book decoration was created by Gustav Storz, Berlin. The colored pictures were printed by the company Albert Frisch, Berlin Text printed: Hanseatic Publishing House AG., Hamburg.
*snip*
https://archive.org/details/cigaretten-bilderdienst-hamburg-deutsche-maerchen-1939/page/2/mode/1up
About illustrator Paul Hey:
*snip*
Paul Hey was a German illustrator, graphic artist, and painter. Known for his dark, wooded illustrations of fairy tales, folk songs, historic events, and quaint everyday life, his work was featured in many different commercial contexts such as postcards, book illustrations, and collectible cigarette cards. His thematic direction is noted for its connection to German Naturalism and Neo-Luddite ethos, forgoing any depiction of Modernity and technology of the era in favor of a nostalgic view of the past. Born to the musician Julius Hey on October 19, 1867 in München, Germany, he lived and worked near Gautig, Germany until his death there on October 14, 1952.
*snip*
https://www.artnet.com/artists/paul-hey/
If you look at the table of contents at the back of the book, you'll see that there are only 51 stories, so, yes, there are multiple illustrations for some of them (I don't guarantee the translation below, which I touched up in places):
*snip*
Table of contents
Foreword 3 | The Miller Boy and the Kitten 66
Tale of One Who Went Out to Learn Fear 4 | The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids 67
Doctor Know-it-all 6 | The Clever Elf 69
The Star Money 7 | The Princess and the Pea 71
Snow White 8 | The Brave Little Tailor 72
From the Fisherman and His Wife 11 | The Seven Swabians 75
Hansel and Gretel 15 | The Bremen Town Musicians 76
Little Brother and Little Sister 18 | Snow White and Rose Red 78
Thumb 21 | Table Set Yourself, Gold Elf and Clubs From the Sack 81
The Flying Suitcase 23 | Little Claus and Big Claus 84
Rapunzel 26 | The Hare and the Hedgehog 87
The Goose Maid 27 | The swineherd 88
Sleeping Beauty 30 | Lucky Hans 91
The Wild Swans 32 | The Three Brothers 93
The Golden Goose 38 | The Seven Ravens 94
Mother Holle 40 | The Burial Mound 95
Iron Hans 41 | The Lighter 97
Cinderella 45 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier 99
The Gambling Hansl 47 | The Little Match Girl 101
The Emperor's New Clothes 49 | The Snow White Chicken 102
King Thrushbeard 51 | The Story of Caliph Stork 104
Little Red Riding Hood 53 | The Frog King or Iron Henry 108
The Dwarf Nose 55 | Jorinde and Joringel 110
The Robber Groom 61 | The Poor and the Rich 112
The Glass Slipper 63 | Virgo Maleen 114
Rumpelstiltskin 64 | Rat King Birlibi 117
*snip*
https://archive.org/details/cigaretten-bilderdienst-hamburg-deutsche-maerchen-1939/page/n121/mode/1up
Thank you for all your help you are awesome