Mavi Boncuk |Turkish Girl,
Wesenberg’s Coffee (Berlin) The Home of Flowers 1-6, 1900.
Trade cards are defined as cards and (larger) stamps (hard paper, cardboard, silk) issued by non-tobacco companies worldwide. Similar cards issued by tobacco companies are generally referred to as Tobacco cards or Cigarette cards. Trade cards were very popular between 1920-1940, but have been issued since the 1860s until today.
Kaffee und Küchen (coffee and cake) is a national institution, and a crucial concept behind this is the idea of Gemütlichkeit, whose meaning is akin to cosiness.