Cigarette card
Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd.
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
Each piece (min) - 68 mm (length); 31 mm (width), Each piece (max) - 79 mm (length); 62 mm (width)
Place of origin
Shield Hall
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657869
Summary
Six sets of cigarette cards. Four sets are produced by the Imperial Tobacco Co. One set of twenty five cards shows different strokes in golf, one set of fifty cards shows British Butterflies, one set of twenty five cards shows Dance Band Leaders and the fourth set of twenty five cards is on Household Hints. One set of forty eight cards shows British Wild Flowers produced by Gallaher Ltd. and one set of twenty five cards is on Robert Burns produced by the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd. Total number of items is 223. total number of items is 223.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by F. W. Boden in July 1974.
Makers and roles
Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd., issuer Imperial Tobacco Company Ltd, issuer Gallaher Ltd., issuer