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W.J.M. Barry
![W.J.M. Barry Cigarette Advertising Trade Card produced by Allen and Ginter. Depicted is W.J.M. Barry, Hammer Thrower.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700099990001/9999000070-l.jpg)
Cigarette Advertising Trade Card produced by Allen and Ginter. Depicted is W.J.M. Barry, Hammer Thrower. |
Image ID: | 2307 |
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Creation Date: | circa |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
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Collection Name: | Cigarette cards, ca. 1885-ca. 1905 |
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Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | PH 3267 |
Original Dimensions: | 1.5 x 3 inches |
The tobacco companies used trade cards to advertise their products during the late 19th century. Used to stiffen the box, the cards became a powerful advertising method by printing the brand name of the cigarettes and a picture of a larger series. The cards covered many subjects, but certainly sports figures were well represented. Practically every sport was covered during the period of cigarette trade cards, 1870s-1890s. These cards were meant to be collected and were attractively printed as photographs as well as chromolithographs. Chromolithography was a printing process that used a separate limestone plate for each color. |
Tobacco |
Clothing and dress |
Advertising |
Cigarettes |
Mustaches |
Track and field |
Men |
Collectibles |
Ephemera |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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