W. S.Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan cigarette and trade cards
Overview
Cigarette and trade cards with pictures relating to Gilbert & Sullivan operas.
Dates
- Creation: 1879-1927
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English and Afrikaans.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.5 linear feet (2 boxes)Cigarette cards, collecting cards, and trade cards (advertising) containing images relating to Gilbert & Sullivan operas, packaged by companies during the late 19th and early 20th-centuries.
Includes companies: Clark Thread Company, J. & P. Coats, John Player & Sons, Max Cigarette Company, Nicolas Sarony & Co., Ogden's Cigarettes, Straiton & Storm Pinnacle Cigars, W. D. H. O. Wills (Firm), and many others.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Cigarette cards, sized 7 x 3.5 cm.
- II. Cigarette cards, other sizes
- III. Trade cards with company names
- IV. Trade cards without company names
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2010MT-11. Gift of Thomas Garrett; received: 2010. Forms part of the Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection of Gilbert and Sullivan (Harvard Theatre Collection).
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan cigarette and trade cards, 1879-1927: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02247
Repository Details
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