Tuesday, April 17, 2018

LEICA ADS FROM THE 30s



In the 1930s Leica used a very distinctive style of advertising.  Fortunately, some of these ads have been preserved and I am the lucky owner of some of them.

It is also no secret that the Leica was copied quite blatantly by several other camera manufacturers, including FED and ZORKY in Russia.  In several instances they didn’t even use their own company names.  Instead they literally made fake Leicas, including the Leica script, Leica names on the lenses and fake serial numbers.

But they didn’t stop there.  They also copied the Leica ads of the time and used them for their own purposes.

Fortunately, international law has progressed to eliminate (some of) these practices and Leica Camera AG doesn’t have to compete with fake examples of their cameras any longer.

 

 




Virtually the same ad for the FED

... and for the Zorki


In 1981 Friedrich Rüttinger from Berlin, Germany, got permission from Leica to make a set of replicas of the Leica postcards shown.  I purchased the entire set for my Leica collection.  I have also made some of them available for sale.  The cost is $20.00 for the set of four or $6.00 for any of the individual cards, including shipping.  If interested, please contact me at info@gmpphoto.com.



To comment or to read comments please scroll past the ads below.

All ads present items of interest to Leica owners.


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  1. AnonymousApril 17, 2018 at 1:50 PM

    The Russians obviously are not too worried about copying other companies products and advertising.

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