Card No. 7, The Mikado of Japan, from the World War I Scenes series (T121) issued by Sweet Caporal Cigarettes

Publisher Issued by American Tobacco Company

Original photograph by Underwood & Underwood American

1914–15

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Trade cards from the "World War I Scenes" series (T121), issued in a numbered set of 250 cards ca. 1914 to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.

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Title: Card No. 7, The Mikado of Japan, from the World War I Scenes series (T121) issued by Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Publisher: Issued by American Tobacco Company
Artist: Original photograph by Underwood & Underwood (American)
Date: 1914–15
Medium: Photolithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 1 9/16 in. (6.7 × 3.9 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number: 63.350.246.121.7
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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