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| | | The picture shows a front and back view of this Old W. Duke Sons & Company Cross Cut Cigarettes Premium Actress Tobacco Card. This card is not dated but it is believed to be from the 1800s. It is from the W. Duke Sons & Company which was a branch of the American Tobacco Company of Durham, North Carolina. The card has a risque photograph of actress Gertrude Wheeler as a Gypsy Girl with a tamborine. It has the letters NY (New York ?) written on the back and the front is marked as follows: 310 GERTRUDE WHEELER CROSS-CUT CIGARETTES ARE THE BEST. W. DUKE SONS & CO. The card measures 1-7/16'' x 2-11/16''. It is in very good condition as pictured. |
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