Bass Drum and Baseball, from the Miniature Novelties series (N120) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco

W. Duke, Sons & Co.|Donaldson Brothers

1891 · Commercial color lithograph · Drawings and Prints

Bass Drum and Baseball, from the Miniature Novelties series (N120) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco — W. Duke, Sons & Co.|Donaldson Brothers

Trade cards from the "Miniature Novelties'" series (N120), issued in an unnumbered set in 1891 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. Although each card verso states that there are 25 cards in the series, there are 26 variations of known cards. The set was released in 1891 after W. Duke Sons & Co. merged with The American Tobacco Company.

Artist: W. Duke, Sons & Co.|Donaldson Brothers
Date: 1891
Medium: Commercial color lithograph
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick