Vintage & Toy Auction - Watches, Designer Bag, Glassware, Art, Decor, Retro Flags and War Related Items.
Lot 432:
Description
A vintage scrapbook or album, bound in discolored cardboard or heavy paper, containing numerous pasted-in pictorial cigarette cards from the early to mid-20th century. The collection features cards predominantly identified by visible text such as «PLAYER’S CIGARETTES» and «WILLS’S CIGARETTES.» The cards depict a wide array of natural history subjects including various flowers, birds (notably from the ‘Birds & Their Young’ series, such as «The Golden Oriole»), marine life (fish, shells, crabs, sharks), large mammals (e.g., hippopotamus, lion, polar bear, king penguins), diverse dog breeds (e.g., «Chow-Chow, » «Rough Collie»), and trees. One page also features a real sycamore seed affixed with handwritten English text stating, «sycamore seed is spread by the wind.»
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