'Radio Celebrities' cigarette card album, 1934-1940
- maker:
- Imperial Tobacco and
- W D and H O Wills Limited
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This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album, manufactured by Imperial Tobacco and distributed under the brand
Science Museum Group Collection
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2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album, manufactured by Imperial Tobacco and distributed under the brand
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album, manufactured by Imperial Tobacco and distributed under the brand
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album, manufactured by Imperial Tobacco and distributed under the brand
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album, manufactured by Imperial Tobacco and distributed under the brand
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
"Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album, manufactured by Imperial Tobacco and distributed under the brand name W D and H O Wills and Company, probably Bristol, England, 1934-1940.
This series of 'Radio Celebrity' cards were produced in 1934 and 1935. Cards like these were popular and were often the only way for radio listeners to see what the performers they heard on the radio actually looked like. W D and H O Wills and Company, later Imperial Tobacco, were the first company to include advertising cards in their cigarette packs in 1887. They produced their first 'general interest' set in 1896.
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Details
- Category:
- Radio Communication
- Object Number:
- 2014-79/1
- Materials:
- ink, metal (unknown) and paper (fibre product)
- type:
- cigarette card album
- taxonomy:
-
- visual and verbal communication
- card
- collecting card
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