Card, Tobacco

Object number
99.14.77-.82
Date
circa 1890
Description
Six 'Worlds Dudes' cigarette cards out of a set of fifty. These six cards depict six different sports that include: coaching, bathing, tennis, yachting, rowing and polo. Printed on the front side of each card 'Allen and Ginter's Cigarettes, Richmond, Virginia' and the name of the sport depicted on the card. The back of the cards read 'Worlds Dudes, one packed in each box of ten cigarettes' and gives a listing of the fifty cards.
Materials
cardboard
Subjects
Allen and Ginter's Cigarettes