Cavanders Ltd. Cinema Cards
date: label: date made
content: 1934
notes: label: Description
content: Hand-colored card distributed in 1934 with Army Club Cigarettes which were produced by the London-based company Cavanders Ltd. (est. 1775). The brand was eventually taken over by the Godfrey Philips cigarette company. This card belongs to a set titled "Cinema Stars: A Series of 30 Hand Coloured Pictures" which features popular film actresses from the 1930s. Collectible cards like this were very popular during the 1920s and 1930s, and they were distributed by various brands in both tobacco and food products. In the 1920s, Cavanders Ltd. also released the following sets of cards: "Beauty Spots of Great Britain," "Foreign Birds," and "River Valleys."
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content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
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content: COLL.CINCARD.000001
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content: card
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