8000/9000 Karl Schenker Gravure
Collection courtesy of Werner Mohr

A number of cards have been found with an 8000 or 9000 series number marked under the Ross Verlag logo on the back of the card. The face of the card is a gravure portrait in either brown or green, with the text on the back printed in either brown, red, or tan. Appearing on the back is the name of the photographer (Karl Schenker), the publishing company (W.J. Mörlins), and the distributor (Ross Verlag).

The name of the performer appears on the front of the cards, always written in a signature facsimile, never in block letters.

Cards known to date are reproduced below. Images courtesy Werner Mohr.


8001/1
Conrad Veidt
8001/2
Conrad Veidt
8001/3
Conrad Veidt
8001/4
Conrad Veidt
8001/5
Conrad Veidt

8001/1
Conrad Veidt
8001/2
Conrad Veidt
8001/3
Conrad Veidt
8001/4
Conrad Veidt
8001/5
Conrad Veidt

9001/1
Gunnar Tolnæs
9001/2
Gunnar Tolnæs
9001/3
Gunnar Tolnæs
9001/4
Gunnar Tolnæs

9001/1
Gunnar Tolnæs
9001/2
Gunnar Tolnæs
9001/3
Gunnar Tolnæs
9001/4
Gunnar Tolnæs

9002/1
Gunnar Tolnæs
9002/2
Gunnar Tolnæs

9002/1
Gunnar Tolnæs
9002/2
Gunnar Tolnæs

9003/1
Gunnar Tolnæs
9003/2
Gunnar Tolnæs

9003/1
Gunnar Tolnæs
9003/2
Gunnar Tolnæs

9004/1
Gunnar Tolnæs
9004/2
Gunnar Tolnæs
9004/3
Gunnar Tolnæs
9004/4
Gunnar Tolnæs

9004/1
Gunnar Tolnæs
9004/2
Gunnar Tolnæs
9004/3
Gunnar Tolnæs
9004/4
Gunnar Tolnæs

9006/1
Michael Bohnen

9006/1
Michael Bohnen

9007/1
Ernst Hofmann
9007/2
Ernst Hofmann
9007/3
Ernst Hofmann
9007/4
Ernst Hofmann

9007/1
Ernst Hofmann
9007/2
Ernst Hofmann
9007/3
Ernst Hofmann
9007/4
Ernst Hofmann

9008/1
Leontine Kühnberg
9008/2
Leontine Kühnberg
9008/3
Leontine Kühnberg
9008/4
Leontine Kühnberg

9010/1
Ressel Orla
9010/2
Ressel Orla
9010/3
Ressel Orla

9010/1
Ressel Orla
9010/2
Ressel Orla
9010/3
Ressel Orla

9015/1
Lil Dagover

9015/1
Lil Dagover

9016/1
Wanda Treumann
9016/2
Wanda Treumann

9016/1
Wanda Treumann
9016/2
Wanda Treumann

9017/1
Fritzi Massary
9017/2
Fritzi Massary

9017/1
Fritzi Massary
9017/2
Fritzi Massary

9018/1
Ernst Hofmann
9018/2
Ernst Hofmann
9018/3
Ernst Hofmann

9018/1
Ernst Hofmann
9018/2
Ernst Hofmann
9018/3
Ernst Hofmann

Red back for brown tone portraits in
8001 (Conrad Veidt) series.
Green tone portraits have brown back.
Red back for brown tone portraits
numbered 9001 and higher
Tan back for green tone portraits
of Gunnar Tolnæs
Brown back for green tone portraits
numbered 9001 and higher.
(Green tone portraits of Tolnæs may have
tan or brown back)