Ten of Clubs from Playing Cards (C165) manufactured by Macdonald Tobacco Company to promote British Consols cigarettes
Tobacco insert from Playing Cards (C165) manufactured by Macdonald Tobacco Company, Montreal to promote British Consols cigarettes. Distributed in 1926. 53 cards for each year of distribution. Red and black printing. Front includes playing card, company name and address, and redemption offer. Printed at right on each card is text about the redemption offer. The Joker card includes picture of a card of a hockey player.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ten of Clubs from Playing Cards (C165) manufactured by Macdonald Tobacco Company to promote British Consols cigarettes
- Publisher: Macdonald Tobacco Company
- Date: 1926
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 1 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (4.1 × 6.1 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 257,C165.70
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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