[1] The first factory was opened in 1907 at Königstraße 1, Elmshorn, in what is now the town's main shopping street, by Carl Wagner, a ham and sausage wholesaler.

[2] In 1925, a branch factory was opened in Dommitzsch in the Province of Saxony, but was lost to the company after to the division of Germany in 1945.

[1] The main factory was destroyed in World War II, then rebuilt by the founder's son, Heinrich Wagner.

[8] The advertising imagery during the Weimar era mirrors a profound excitement for technology and a hopeful view of advancement.

[14] The cards present a vision of the future from a 1930 perspective and include concepts such as a wireless personal phone, novel modes of transportation, the cosmos, and numerous other subjects.