[Woman in blue with choker], Straight Cut Cigarettes from William S. Kimball & Co. (HP1a)

1880s

Not on view

Issued ca.1880s by William S. Kimball & Co. Image of woman wearing blue with flowers and lace at bodice and choker necklace and gold bracelets. Shaped retriculated three-dimensional card with open work at top edge. Roses and doves on borders. Large scale, heavy cardstock. At top: Wm. Kimball & Co's.Top left: STRAIGHT/ CUT/ CIGARETTES/ -ARE-THE-BEST-. Upper right: & HIGH/ GRADE. 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.

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Provenance

Title: [Woman in blue with choker], Straight Cut Cigarettes from William S. Kimball & Co. (HP1a)
Publisher: William S. Kimball & Company
Date: 1880s
Medium: Die-cut
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 × 7 5/16 in. (33 × 18.6 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number: Burdick 5, HP1a.252
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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