Edith Hyman, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes

Edith Hyman, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co.

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-8), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the eighth subset, N145-8. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edith Hyman, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke CigarettesEdith Hyman, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke CigarettesEdith Hyman, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke CigarettesEdith Hyman, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke CigarettesEdith Hyman, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes

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