Dan Bowmar collection on tobacco cards
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Dan Bowmar collection on tobacco cards
- Date
- circa 1910-1911
- Extent
- 0.25 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Advertising.
- Baseball players
- Baseball--Kentucky.
- Preferred Citation
- 2012ms616 : [identification of item], Dan Bowmar collection on tobacco cards, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Tobacco (or cigarette) cards were available in the early 19th century as premiums, enclosed in the product packaging. They were issued as collector cards to increase purchase of particular cigarette brands. Typically, the small cards featured illustrations on one side and advertising text on the other.
- Scope and Content
- Thirty-one Kentucky baseball players represented on tobacco trading cards. Included are cards from Old Mill Cigarettes; Piedmont, the Cigarette of Quality; and Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, The Standard for Years.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Bluegrass League, 1910-1911
Frankfort
Lexington
Maysville
Paris
Richmond
Shelbyville
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