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Trade card: David Livingstone

Trade card: David Livingstone,  Image number:SIL28-282-03
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Cigarette card: The World's Greatest Explorers: David Livingstone


New York, American Tobacco Co., 1910.

Collecting trade cards became immensely popular in the late 1800s. This one is from the series "The World's Greatest Explorers" which accompanied packs of Hassan cork tip cigarettes.
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