Item no. P2495 (cover)

Type: cover

Country: Germany (DDR)

Date of use: 15 November 1961

Business stationery (cover) used by the photochemical factory (state enterprise) VEB Filmfabrik AGFA Wolfen in Wolfen (Germany). The red meter advertises the city of Wolfen as “The birthplace of Agfacolor films” [“Die Geburstsstätte des Agfacolorfilms”]. In 1964, after license negotiations, the East German Agfa agreed to change its name to ORWO (acronym of the words “ORiginal WOlfen”.