GUSN-270471
A portrait of burlesque star Lydia Thompson in "Robinson Crusoe" is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."
advertising
business (commercial function)
tobacco (material)
actors
cigarette cards
1 cigarette card ; 1 1/2 x 3 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.115.01.01.004
1 1/2 x 3 (HxW)(inches)
New York City (New York state)
Heppenheimer & Maurer (Lithographer)
cigarette cards
Thompson, Lydia, 1836?-1908
Cigarettes
Burlesque (Theater)
Smoking
Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character)
Item
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