Subseries 5: Cigarette Cards
Scope and Contents
The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.
From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.
This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.
Dates
- 1996
Extent
From the Collection: 800 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: German
Abstract
I have found cigarette cards from five different manufacturers, and several of these did multiple series. Some, like Gallaher, redid the same series of a hundred cards twice after the original issue, offering different formats on the back of the card. Others, like Turkish Trophies, did a second series of fifty cards that extended the first series of fifty for a total of 100 cards. Still others, like Anstie and Wood, borrowed heavily from those who originated a series. Here are six cigarette manufacturers whose cards I have found, one in two forms.
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository