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Description
Each card measures: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
It is over 140 years old and has been in a book.
The front is a young boy reading to his dog.
No 396 by M. F. Tobin New York
Advertising for Cluett & Sons
Piano & Organ Warerooms
19 Union Avenue
Rondout, N. Y.
Steinway & Sons has a note on the back, and J & G. Fischer too. Those notes are dated Jun 1, 1885.
SUPERSIZE, so you can see the flaws and exact details.
"Sunny South" cigarettes were an antique brand of tobacco produced in the 1880s and 1890s by early American manufacturers like Richmond's Allen & Ginter and W. Duke & Sons.The brand is highly notable for its vintage promotional trade cards and colorful lithograph advertising.
Key details about the historical brand include: The "Sunny South" Series (N157): Issued around 1890, these oversized collectible trade cards were often used as promotional inserts for a variety of the American Tobacco Company’s products
