2-702-149 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Dragon' barrage balloon, c1898, (1932). German barrage balloon (Drachenfesselballon) with basket, Hans Bartsch von Sigsfeld system, used by the military for observation. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]