Playing Cards, from the Novelties series (N122) issued by Gail & Ax Tobacco to promote Navy Long Cut

Publisher Issued by Gail & Ax Tobacco
1889
Not on view
Trade cards from the "Novelties'" series (N122), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1889 by Gail & Ax to promote the Navy Long Cut brand. The set was also published in the same year by W. Duke, Sons and Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Playing Cards, from the Novelties series (N122) issued by Gail & Ax Tobacco to promote Navy Long Cut
  • Publisher: Issued by Gail & Ax Tobacco
  • Date: 1889
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 9/16 in. (10.3 × 6.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.206.122.10
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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