Kyriazi Finas | 1959
A huge word in Arabic, and below it the translation: “Die Edle”, the noble one. In 1959, the Finas cigarette, “Cairo type”, cost 10 pfennigs apiece.
The tin tells the story: Kyriazi Frères, Cairo (Egypt), established 1873, branch factory in Hamburg. The firm was founded in Cairo by Greek brothers and opened factories in Amsterdam and, in 1925, in Hamburg.
Oriental tobacco was a mark of refinement, and the exotic was part of the pitch: Arabic calligraphy and figures in Ottoman dress on the lid.
Kyriazi was taken over by British American Tobacco in the 1960s. Tobacco advertising left German magazines in 2007; today we know how much harm smoking does.
Text in the ad
(Arabisch)
Übersetzt bedeutet das: Die Edle
In der FINAS steckt viel Ehrgeiz des Hauses Kyriazi · 10 Pf · CAIRO-TYP
(Dose:) Kyriazi Frères · Cairo (Egypt) · Established 1873 · Zweigfabrik Hamburg · Importers & Manufacturers of Turkish Tobacco · Exporters of Cigarettes & Tobacco · FINAS
Translation:
(Arabic)
Translated, this means: The noble one
A great deal of the House of Kyriazi's ambition goes into the FINAS · 10 pfennigs · CAIRO TYPE
(Tin:) Kyriazi Frères · Cairo (Egypt) · Established 1873 · Branch factory Hamburg · Importers & Manufacturers of Turkish Tobacco · Exporters of Cigarettes & Tobacco · FINAS
- Brand
- Kyriazi
- Year
- 1959
- Decade
- 1950s
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Magazine
- Themes
- Tobacco
- Original publication
- Revue, Nr. 31, 1. August 1959
