Card back from Butterflies of the World series, Set 1 (N217) issued by Kinney Bros. Tobacco Company
Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American
Not on view
Back of trade card from Butterflies of the World series, Set 1 (N217), issued in the 1880s by Kinney Bros.Tobacco Company. Card face includes a butterfly with a floral background design. Vertical format. Set 1 (with white background) uses ten of same images as gold background series (Set 2). Two brown ink stamps (on back) -- at top a round Metropolitan Museum stamp and at bottom "Gift of/ J. R. Burdick (underlined). Printed in brown ink: "Butterflies of the World"/ PACKED ONLY WITH/ KINNEY BROS. ' HIGH CLASS/ CIGARETTES (italics and bold)/ **************/ THIS COLLECTION OF BUTTERFLIES IS/ SELECTED FROM THE MOST BEAUTI-/ FUL TO BE FOUND ON THE GLOBE./ THE FIFTY, PROPERLY PLACED ACCORD-/ TO NUMBER, FORM A HANDSOME/ BANNER. A KEY, OR PLAN, TO ASSIST IN/ ARRANGING THE CARDS, WILL BE SENT/ FOR SEVEN TICKETS, OR, IF DESIRED, THE/ BANNER, WITHOUT (in italics and bold) ANY ADVERTISEMENT/ ON IT, WILL BE SENT FOR FIFTY TICKETS (in italics and bold)/ THESE CARDS CAN BE RETAINED./ ONLY OUR TICKETS RECEIVED.
