The postcards of the Göttingen student alliance, on each of which the portraits had an autograph-like signature, follow the style of star photographs from Weimar era cinema. From the 1920’s onwards, the major movie production companies began to offer postcard collections of their actors in order to create a deeper emotional bond with the new film celebrities. In particular from the 1930’s onward, in addition to the handwritten signature on the front of the postcard, autograph postcards were available, which were provided with a pre-printed signature of the person depicted.