Olive May, from the Actors and Actresses series (N342), Type 4, issued by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco to promote Between the Acts Cigarettes.
Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N342), Type 4, issued 1880-1892 by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco to promote Between the Acts Cigarettes. There are five types of cards in the series, differentiated by the variation of oval frame surrounding the card subject.
Artwork Details
- Title: Olive May, from the Actors and Actresses series (N342), Type 4, issued by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco to promote Between the Acts Cigarettes.
- Publisher: Issued by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco
- Lithographer: Lindner, Eddy & Claus (American, New York)
- Date: 1880–92
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (7.7 × 4 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: 63.350.223.342.551
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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