Society Matron, from Bridge Game Cards (T12), issued by the American Tobacco Company to promote Lucky Strike Cigarettes

1930
Not on view
Trade card from Bridge Game Cards (T12), issued by the American Tobacco Company to promote Lucky Strike Cigarettes. Game cards found in Lucky Strike Fifties Cigarette tins. 50 cards in set. Front shows four bridge hands on tabs around border. At center is image of Society Matron or Miss America. Advertising and brand name and bridge hand text on front. Back includes information on the game of bridge and further text about the bridge hand for that card.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Society Matron, from Bridge Game Cards (T12), issued by the American Tobacco Company to promote Lucky Strike Cigarettes
  • Publisher: American Tobacco Company
  • Date: 1930
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 4 1/8 in. (13.8 × 10.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 242,T12.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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