Bowling from Picture Cards (N398) issued by Beck, Aug. & Co. to promote Yum Yum Tobacco
From Picture Cards (N398) issued by Beck, Aug. & Co. to promote Yum Yum Tobacco. Brand name printed on brown banner at lower border: SMOKE AND CHEW/ YUM YUM TOBACCO. Sports cards included in set with name of sport below drawn image. Yellow paper. Back (printed horizontally): Smoke and Chew "Yum Yum,"/ AND SAVE THESE PICTURE CARDS./ We will send you by mail :/ 1 Fancy Cob Pipe (finest made) for 20 cards./ 1 Genuine Briar Pipe for 40 cards./ 1 Lady's or Gent's Pocketbook for 50 cards./ 1 Pocketknife for 50 cards./ Picture cards formerly issued will apply/ on the above./ AUG. BECK & CO., Chicago, Ill.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowling from Picture Cards (N398) issued by Beck, Aug. & Co. to promote Yum Yum Tobacco
- Publisher: August Beck & Co.
- Date: 1893
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 1 13/16 in. (7.4 × 4.6 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 225, N398.10
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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