Julia Marlowe from Turkish Cross-Cut Cigarettes Advertising Cards (HP1a)
Publisher W. Duke, Sons & Co. American
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From Turkish Cross-Cut Cigarettes Advertising Cards (HP1a). Issued in the 1880s by W. Duke & Sons, Co., Durham, N.C. and New York. Heavy cardstock. Image of actress Julia Marlowe holding up dress with left hand. At top: TURKISH CROSS - CUT CIGARETTES. Below image on wide dark border: MANUFACTURED/ ---- BY -- W.DukeSons&Co (in script and underlined) DURHAM, N.C. AND NEW YORK./ THE LARGEST CIGARETTE MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD./ AVERAGE DAILY SALES, OVER TWO MILLON CIGARETTES! Lower right. in white on image: JULIA MARLOWE. Note: HP1a has been assigned as a "catch all" for advertising cards from a number of companies including Allen & Ginter, Duke, Goodwin and Kimball and covers a large number of and wide variety of subjects and images.
