Parallel Bar, Handspring, from the Gymnastic Exercises series (N77) for Duke brand cigarettes

Trade cards from the "Gymnastic Exercises" series (N77), issued in a set of 25 cards in 1887 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes. There are two versions of the series. All images are the same but the printed text is blue in one set and brown in the other.

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