'Radio Celebrities' cigarette card album, 1934-1940
1934-1940
'Radio Celebrities' cigarette card albums, 1934-1940
- maker:
- W D and H O Wills Limited and
- Imperial Tobacco
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License2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album
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2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
2014-79/1: "Radio Celebrities" cigarette card album
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Two albums of cigarette cards showing early British radio performers, "Radio Celebrities" and "Radio Celebrities Second Series", manufactured by Imperial Tobacco and distributed under the brand name W D and H O Wills and Company, probably Bristol, 1934-1940.
These series of 'Radio Celebrity' cards were produced in 1934 and 1935. Cards like these were popular and were often the only way for radio listeners to see what the performers they heard on the radio actually looked like. W D and H O Wills and Company, later Imperial Tobacco, were the first company to include advertising cards in their cigarette packs in 1887. They produced their first 'general interest' set in 1896.
Details
- Category:
- Radio Communication
- Object Number:
- 2014-79
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product), metal (unknown) and ink
- Measurements:
-
'Second Series': 185 mm x 125 mm, 73.2 g
'Radio Celebrities': 185 mm x 125 mm, 73.5 g
- type:
- cigarette card
