The Yenidze cigarette factory was in Dresden and was named after a town in Turkey
where tobacco was produced. It was designed by Martin Hammitzsch in 1909
and was distinctive in that it was built to look like a mosque. It had a glass
cupola and a chimney disguised as a minaret. It is still around today and
is generally known as the "Tobacco Mosque". It was restored in the 1990s and reopened
in November 1996 as an office building, the name Yenidze still displayed prominently
on the dome. It also houses restaurants and a discotheque.
The company started issuing cigarette cards in 1927 with Die Welt in Bildern (The World in Pictures) Album 1. These were issued in packets of Salem 4Pf and Minaret 5Pf cigarettes. Probably during this time the marketing name of the company was changed to Salem as the series is listed as having been issued under both the Yenidze and Salem names. Certainly by the time Die Welt in Bildern, Album 2 was issued, the cards gave the name of the issuer as the Salem Cigarette Factory, although the cigarettes were still known as Salem and Minaret. However this changed during the lifetime of this series as some cards indicate that they were issued with Salem 4Pf and Auslese 5Pf cigarettes. These names remained until the issue of Album 6 in 1931, when it appears that Salem cigarettes were renamed Salem Gold and the cards stopped giving the price. Subsequently it seems that the price of the cigarettes dropped to three and a third Pfennigs. The cigarettes were still known as Salem and came in two varieties with a gold mouthpiece and without a mouthpiece. After Reemtsma pictures, Salem cards along with Eckstein-Halpaus are one of the commonest makes of cards to be found today.
Köberich lists the set "Gold Filmbilder Album 3". I have never seen this set and I do not know anyone who has. I suspect the set does not exist. Filmbilder Album 3 has a red cover like Goldfilm 1 and 2 and possibly one might think it is a Goldfilm album, especially if it had the wrong cards stuck in it. If anyone has any cards from this set, please let me know. Until then I will not list this set.
| Name | Album title (if different) |
Year of issue | No. in set | Size (mm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auf deutscher Scholle
(On German soil) |
1935 | 270 | 48x62 | |||
|
1935 | 275 | 52x62 | |||
| Bunte Welt, Die (The colourful world) |
1931 | 270 | 40x58 | |||
| Deutsche
Kolonien (German colonies) |
1936 | 270 | 48x62 | |||
| Deutsche Reichsmarine (German navy (1919-1935)) |
1933 | 294 | 52x62 | |||
| Deutsche Wehrmacht,
Die (The German armed forces (after 1935)) |
1936 | 270 | 48x62 | |||
| Deutscher Sport (German sport) |
1934 | 286 | 52x62 | |||
| Filmbilder (Movie pictures) |
1931 | 210 | 28x50 | |||
| Filmbilder Album 2
(Movie pictures, Album 2) |
1932 | 210 | 28x50 | |||
| Filmbilder Album 3 (Movie pictures, Album 3) |
1932 | 240 | 40x60 | |||
| Gold Filmbilder Album
1 (Gold movie pictures, Album 1) |
1933? | 180 | 40x60 | |||
| Gold Filmbilder Album
2 (Gold movie pictures, Album 2) |
1933? | 270 | 40x60 | |||
| Kampf um's dritte Reich (Fight for the third reich) |
1933 | 273 | 48x62 | |||
| Staat der Arbeit und des Friedens, Der (The country of work and peace) |
1934 | 310 | 48x62 | |||
| Welt in Bildern, Die, Album 1 (The world in pictures, Album 1) |
1927 | 144 | 40x58 | |||
| Welt in Bildern, Die, Album 2
(The world in pictures, Album 2) |
1928 | 144 | 40x58 | |||
| Welt in Bildern, Die, Album 3 (The world in pictures, Album 3) |
1928 | 156 | 40x58 | |||
| Welt in Bildern, Die, Album 4 (The world in pictures, Album 4) |
1929 | 156 | 40x58 | |||
| Welt in Bildern, Die, Album 5 (The world in pictures, Album 5) |
Aus Deutschlands Vogelwelt (Germany's bird world) |
1930 | 180 | 40x58 | ||
| Welt in Bildern, Die, Album 6 (The world in pictures, Album 6) |
Flaggen Europas (European flags) |
1931 | 200 | 43x60 | ||
| Welt in Bildern, Die, Album 7 (The world in pictures, Album 7) |
Flaggen der Welt (Flags of the world) |
1932 | 200 | 43x60 | ||
| Welt in Bildern, Die, Album 8 (The world in pictures, Album 8) |
Historische Fahnen (Historical flags) |
1932 | 240 | 43x60 | ||
| Weltkrieg, Der (The world war) |
1937 | 270 | 48x62 | |||
| Zinnsoldaten (Tin soldiers) |
1935 | 93 | - |
(C) The Cartophilic Society of Great Britain Ltd. 