Carreras Ltd Tobacco Advertising
Carreras issued a number of advertising packs, cigarette and trade cards, miniature packs, etc during the 1920s and 30s.
Carreras issued a number of packs of advertising playing cards, cigarette and trade cards, card games, miniature playing cards, dominoes, fortune telling cards, Alice in Wonderland and Happy Family cards during the 1920s and 30s.
Above: deck advertising Craven ‘A’ Cigarettes by De La Rue, 52 cards + 1 joker in box, mid-to-late 1940s. Image courtesy Matt Probert.
Scoop card game, c.1910
Above: Scoop card game promoting Black Cat Virginia cigarettes, c.1910. Courtesy Rex Pitts.
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