Heinkel HD55 flying boat, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

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Heinkel HD55 flying boat, 1932. German biplane used as a reconnaissance aircraft aboard Soviet warships, with 500-600 horse power air-cooled Siemens engine. 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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