Droste Cocoa Russian Poster 1897

Translation: Cocoa - Einem, Moscow.


The nurse is similar to the famous Droste factory in Holland. Quite what the link to Einmen is I do not know, maybe he imported Dutch chocolate and cocoa.

In 1850, Ferdinand Theodore Von Einem, arrived in Moscow from Germany looking for work, first in the production of pilenogo sugar, then in 1851 started a small chocolate and candy workshop in the Arbat area. In 1857, Einem met his future partner Yuliusa Geysa (J.Heuss) - a talented businessman. Together they operated more sucessfully and opened a pastry shop in the Theatrical district od Moscow. Accumulating sufficient capital, the businessmen bought the newest steam-engine from Europe and began building of factory on the Sofia embankment of the River Moscow. In the reference book "Enterprises Of The Russian Empire" it was recorded "Association of steam factory of chocolate, sweets, tea biscuits - Year of foundation of 1867".


At the 1900 world exhibition in Paris the Russian factory won the Grand Prix for an extensive assortment and excellent quality of chocolate, making the Russian chocolate the best in the world.

Einem were able to please exacting consumers. The boxes were decorated with silk, velvet and leather – they were real small works of art. The factory was the supplier of court of His Emperor's Majesty and took to printing the coat of arms of Russia to packaging. In sets postals were inlaid with congratulations. The composer composed for a factory, and a buyer together with a caramel or chocolate for nothing got notes « val'sa», « monpans'e» or «-». Small pot-bellied salt fishes exuded between flour wares, especially attracting amateurs beers. But also children, not drinking beer, gnawed these figurines gladly. So amusing were the coloured figurines from a marchpane, representing a carrot, turnip, cucumbers, some small animals. They were sometimes hung on the Christmas tree, giving great pleasure to children.

Among the pastries there was a cake with the extraordinary name of «Fall In Love With Me» at various prices. Customers would wittily ask the young salesgirl "Fall In Love With Me for 3 Roubles".

A working day at the factory was 10 hours. The pastry cooks, the majority who came from the Moscow suburbs, lived in dormitories at the factory and dined in the factory dining hall.

Factory workers also gained some privileges:
* A children apprentice school was opened.
* For 25 years of impeccable service, a silver medal and a pension were awarded.
* a hospital insurance scheme providing financial help was created.


A caramel, candies, chocolate, was made, a cacao is drinks, pastilles, thin captain, cakes, biscuits. After opening of branch in Crimea (Simferopol') «» began to make the fruit - plum, cherry, pear, and also fruit jellies glazed a chocolate.
« Eynem'» successfully competed with other pastry magnates – for example « Abrikosov and Sons».
Excellent quality of pastry wares, technical equipped of factory, the colourful packing and advertising pull out a factory on one of leading places in the pastry production of that time.


In the early 20th Century Einem owned two factories in Moscow, a factory in Simferopol and one in Riga, Latvia. Also they opened numerous shops in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.
In the difficult years of the First World War the firm carried on charitable activities:- organizing field hospitals, an infirmary for wounded soldiers and sent to the Front carriages full of biscuits.


After the 1917 October Revolution, the factory was nationalized, first renamed "Pastry Factory No. 1" , then in 1922 "Red October", but a few years later they re-added "Einem" - so popular was the brand and the quality valued.

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