Cigarette card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card and paper
Measurements
Each military card - 125 mm (width); 101 mm (height), Each rose card - 127 mm (width); 100 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666519
Summary
Two pairs of cigarette cards, hand mounted on a front opening, green, wall paper folder. One pair features military uniformed photographic portraits of Field Marshall Lord Roberts and Gen. Sir Redvers H. Buller VC. The second pair feature the specie roses 'Corallina' and 'Joseph Lowe'. The military portraits, distributed by Ogdens, have nothing printed on the reverse. The roses, distributed by Wills, have a printed description on the reverse of each card. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
Beneath the military portrait: 'Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes' Above the illustration of the rose: 'WILLS'S CIGARETTES'