Things Are Breaking Badly, from the "Mutt and Jeff" series (T88), issued with Sweet Caporal Cigarettes by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
Tobacco insert card from the "Mutt and Jeff" series (T88), issued with Sweet Caporal Little Cigars, Derby Little Cigars, Sweet Caporal Tobacco Wrapper, and Sovereign Little Cigars by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company. This type 4 series was produced in color and has the same numbering system as the type 3 series. The "Mutt and Jeff" comic strip was created by Bud Fisher, and the backs of the cards state they were illustrated by Bud Fisher, T.E. Powers, R.L. Goldberg, Tad (Dorgan), and Gus Mager.
Artwork Details
- Title: Things Are Breaking Badly, from the "Mutt and Jeff" series (T88), issued with Sweet Caporal Cigarettes by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
- Artist: Rube Goldberg (American, San Francisco 1883–1970 New York)
- Publisher: Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
- Date: ca. 1910
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7 × 3.8 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: 63.350.244.88-4.50
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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