Cigarette Card
Cigarette Card

Cigarette Card

Object number
99.14.122
Date
circa 1890
Description
Front of card is a photograph of a man named 'Gladstone' he is an older man with sideburns, little hair on top of head, wears shirt collar up with a bow tie, jacket, he is posed slightly to the left. ' Seal of North Carolina" plug cut' on top front of card. Back of card reads "'Seal of North Carolina' plug cut tobacco, manufactured of old North Carolina leaf, thoroughly cured, smokes cool, lasts long, does not bite the tongue. Is the leader of plug cut smoking tobaccos throughout the world."
Materials
cardboard
Inscription
BACK OF CARD READS ' "SEAL OF NORTH CAROLINA" PLUG CUT TOBACCO, MANUFACTURED OF
Credit Line
Newport Historical Society Collection
Object Type
cigarette cards