Osram Advertising Playing Cards
The court cards feature double-ended light-bulb people (the Kings are repeated in each suit) and the numeral cards have vignettes at each end illustrating how Osram light bulbs lighten the darkness.
Osram Advertising Playing Cards
Osram advertising playing cards printed during the 1930s by Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken (V.S.S.), Altenburg, Germany. The manufacturer's logo can be seen on the Seven of Hearts. The court cards feature double-ended light-bulb people (the Kings are repeated in each suit but the Queens and Jacks have different attributes) and the numeral cards have vignettes at each end illustrating how Osram light bulbs lighten the darkness.
Above: 'Osram' advertising playing cards featuring the 'Nitra' and 'Centra' light bulbs, printed during the 1930s by Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken (V.S.S.), Altenburg, Germany. German indexes. Images courtesy Barney Townshend.
See also: Osram playing cards from Argentina • Royal Ediswan Lamps advertising playing cards • Osram advertising pack Peter Endebrock's site.
By Barney Townshend
Member since October 06, 2015
Retired Airline Pilot, interested in: Transformation Playing Cards, Karl Gerich and Elaine Lewis. Secretary of the EPCS. Treasurer of the IPCS.
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