About This Item
Title
Collection of cigarette cards
Subject
Horses
Women
Tobacco
Smoking
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Old Judge Cigarettes
Cross Cut Cigarettes
Ephemera
Advertisements
Pictorial Works
Portraits
Description
21 cards depict actresses (primarily French) and 3 depict race horses. Tobacco brands include: Kinnney Bro's High Class Cigarettes, Virginia Brights Cigarettes, Old Judge Cigarettes, and Cross Cut Cigarettes..
Front of image: Slow horses, fast wimmen [sic]!
Cards mounted on the back of a reproduction of Van Gogh's Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, 28x36
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 29, photo no. 2
Philadelphia General Hospital was originally part of the Philadelphia Almshouse, which was founded in 1731 for the city’s poor, elderly and indigent. Nicknamed “Old Blockley,” because of its location in Blockley Township of West Philadelphia, the hospital was renamed Philadelphia General Hospital in 1919. The hospital eventually closed in 1977. The images in this collection have been compiled from a number of sources but appear to be predominantly from the personal photo albums of attending physicians.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1890
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_29_2
Original Format
24 cards mounted on cardboard (1 sheet) : some col.
Physical Dimensions
7 x 4 cm
Citation
“Collection of cigarette cards,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed September 8, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/813.