Card album
John Player & Sons
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardbaord and paper
Measurements
190 mm (height); 268 mm (width)
Place of origin
Nottingham
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671356
Summary
A brown imitation leather cardboard album of cigarette cards. The cover of the album has a white border and inside this is a white oval enclosing a colour illustration of a sailing ship at sea. Beneath this are the words Cigarette Pictures British Made. Each black paper page has ten rectangular 'windows'. In each of these is inserted a cigarette card enabling one to view the picture on one side, and the written description on the reverse.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by F. W. Boden in July 1974.
Makers and roles
John Player & Sons, manufacturer W.D and H.O. Wills , manufacturer