Fannie Rice, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes

Publisher Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American
Publisher Branch of the American Tobacco Company
ca. 1891
Not on view
Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-8), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the eighth subset, N145-8. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fannie Rice, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes
  • Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
  • Publisher: Branch of the American Tobacco Company
  • Date: ca. 1891
  • Medium: Albumen photograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Photographs, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.208.145.8.217
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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