Two of Spades, from the Transparent Playing Cards series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros.
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
1888 · Commercial color lithograph · Drawings and Prints
Playing cards issued as trade cards from the series "Transparent Playing Cards" (N233), issued in 1888 to promote Kinney Bros. Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. Some card versos state that there are 52 cards included in the deck whereas other versos confirm the number at 53. Each card verso reads, "Hold to the light/ Read your fortune."
- Artist
- Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- Commercial color lithograph
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick