Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. Eleven of them show portraits of men in the traditional dress of a country. Cards identify the country and say: "Allen and Ginter's Cigarettes, Richmond. Virginia." Countries or areas shown: Servia, Scotland, Arabia, Egypt, Dahomey, South Africa (Boer), Greece, Java, Circassia, Mexico, Brazil. The 13 other cards appear to be from other sets including: 1. Two of gorillas: male and female. 2. Two of flowers: Lilac ("First emotions of love") and Sweet Violet ("Modesty."" Cards say "Ruby Cigarettes. Lone Jack Cigarettes Co. Lynchburg, Virginia. Isaac Friedenwald Lith. Balto." 3. One with Bolivian flag. Card says: "Allen and Ginter Cigarettes. Richmond, Virginia." 4. Two of women fishing: Sturgeon and Klipp Fish. 5. One with images of a flag, "Commodores Pennant, U. S. Navy," and "The Mississippi River Near Dubuque." Card says: "Our average sales are over Two Million Per Day." 6. Two of portraits of women. 7. One of a girl and flowers which says: "Wild English Daisies: Daintiness." 8. One with a photograph of a woman identified as Miss Vickers. Card says: "Admiral Cigarettes." 9. One of a man in a ship's crow's nest looking at a whale. Card says: "On a Whaling Voyage."
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