1931 Series of 50, 1931

File — Box: CFC Cigarette Cards Box 1

Identifier: CFC2018.0275.2.1-25

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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.

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Dates

1931

Extent

25 Cards : Gallaher Ltd. So called "Series of 50."

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Having heard that there was a so-called "Series of 50" that had only 25 cards in it, I was on the alert for it and at last found it. The design is exactly the same as in the series of 25 done by Gallaher, apparently in the same year. Had they planned to go further but never perhaps got around to it? A number of cards in this particular set are misprinted on the verso, so that they show a part of a column from a different card and miss part of this card's column. Might these be contemporary reproductions?