Focke-Wulf A 21 Photomöwe plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

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Focke-Wulf A 21 Photomöwe plane, 1920s, (1932). The German Photomöwe ('Photo-gull') was used to take photographs and measurements at altitude. 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]

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Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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