Cigarette cards, [ca. 1900-ca. 1940].

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Cigarette cards, [ca. 1900-ca. 1940].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32310340

Consists of 57 cards, photographic and drawn, chiefly from the United States with some from Canada and England. Tobacco brands advertised include: Between the Acts Little cigars, Mecca Cigarettes, Hassan Cork Tip Cigarettes, Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, Helmar Turkish Cigarettes, Duke's Cameo Cigarettes, Allen & Ginter's Virginia Brights, Strollers Cigarettes, Le Roy Cigars, Consols Cigarettes, Honest, Wills's Cigarettes, Gold Dust and Greenback cigars. Subjects depicted are athletes and prize-fighters, actors and actresses, American and foreign presidents, wives of American presidents, national seals and coats of arms, and theater buildings.

57 cards : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 11 cm. or smaller.

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Stevens, Ashton, 1872-1951,

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Theater critic and newspaper columnist. Stevens worked on newspapers in San Francisco (1894-1907), New York (1907-1910) and Chicago (1910-1951). From the description of Cigarette cards, [ca. 1900-ca. 1940]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 32310340 ...