Card Number 1, Fanny Rice, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co.

1880s · Albumen photograph · Drawings and Prints

Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-2), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the second subset, N145-2. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.

Artist

W. Duke, Sons & Co.

Date

1880s

Medium

Albumen photograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick