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Korea, from Flags of All Nations, Series 1 (N9) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Unknown Artist

Trade cards from the set, "Flags of All Nations," Series 1 (N9), issued in 1887 in a series of 48 cards to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes. The museum's collection contains the 48 cards from the Series 1 set, as well as 10 variations and 5 mis-printed cards.

Credit: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick

1887

Commercial color lithograph

7.0 x 3.8 cm

63.350.201.9.58

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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