Bulgaren-Held cigarette poster with Bulgarian soldier, Mienes Wiesbaden – Vintage Poster
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Bulgaren-Held cigarette poster with Bulgarian soldier, Mienes Wiesbaden. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Bulgaren-Held cigarette poster with Bulgarian soldier, Mienes Wiesbaden
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This 1915 poster advertises Bulgaren-Held cigarettes and shows a Bulgarian soldier, a choice that ties commercial promotion to the diplomacy of the moment. Bulgaria signed an alliance with the Central Powers that year and entered the war on their side that October, so German advertising of the period often borrowed the imagery of new partners. Posters like this one, with their bold color and patriotic figures, were meant to catch the eye on shop walls and in streets. Look closely at how the soldier is posed and what the lettering emphasizes, since wartime advertisers often used such details to frame a foreign ally as a familiar, admirable hero.
| Created / published | 1915 |
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| Original scan | 4,020 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 7_BulgarenHeld_Zigaretten_1915 |
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