[Actress in white seated with arms crossed], from the Actors and Actresses series (N150b) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes

Publisher Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American
Publisher Branch of the American Tobacco Company
1880s
Not on view
Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N150b), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. These cards feature black borders and do not include names.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Actress in white seated with arms crossed], from the Actors and Actresses series (N150b) 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: 1880s
  • Medium: Albumen photograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 5/16 in. (10.3 × 5.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Photographs, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 212, N150b.73
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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