AN ALBUM of/ FILM STARS
John Player & Sons
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card and paper
Measurements
130 mm (height); 190 mm (width)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671407
Summary
A cream cardboard album of cigarette cards. The cover of the album has been scribbled on all over in pencil. On the front is printed 'An Album of Film Stars, With the Compliments of John Player and Sons, Branch of The Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain and Ireland), Ltd'. On the reverse of the album is printed within and below a nautical ring 'Player's Navy Cut. Registered Trade Mark, Player's Please'. Each page holds three cards, each with a colour illustrated sketch of a famous film star. Beneath the card is its respective caption.
Makers and roles
John Player & Sons, engraver and publisher