Trade cards are small illustrated advertising cards that became a popular collectible during the Victorian era.
Products typically advertised by trade cards included tobacco, food, household items, farm equipment, and medicine.
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 Vims Dog Food by Molassine Co. Ltd |
Dwight's Soda |
Candy Novelty Co. |
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J&P Coats' Thread |
Cigarette cards began as blank cards, which were inserted as strengtheners into cigarettes packets in the mid to late nineteenth century and
evolved into trade cards in the late 1880s. Cards were usually done in a series on a common theme, which was of course a marketing ploy to
encourage people to buy more cigarettes in order to complete a set. There are number of cigarette cards featuring Chin, most of which were a
part of a series of dog breed cards.
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Wills Cigarettes
by W.D. & H.O. Wills |
Barney's Cigarettes
by John Sinclair Ltd |
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Ogden's Cigarettes |
Gallaher Ltd |
"Mills" Filtertips |
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Ogden's Cigarettes |
Carreras Ltd |
Godfrey Phillips Ltd |
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