Maud Branscombe, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-7) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes

Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-7), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the seventh subset, N145-7. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.

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