No-Spit Cigar Pinnacle Tip Tobacco Pooh-Bah Mr. F. Billington Mikado Trade Card

Description: ca. 1800's - Image of Famous Actor from Mikado - Authentic Antique Cigar Business Card MORE... Gilbert & Sullivan themed cards - Search my store for additional 19th Century G & S theater cards. Straiton & Storm's Pinnacle Cigar - 19th Century Tobacco card. "Trade Mark Tip"Reverse Illustrated Graphic Advertising... discusses DISEASES from makers who lick cigar tips, etc. To See More of the BEST 19th Century Cards Click Here: (( MORE GREAT CARDS )) Classic Mikado - 1800's "Mr. F. Billington as Pooh-Bah." adapted by Cigar Maker using pop-culture icons to convey how "artistic" and "contemporary" they were. Lithograph image adapted from a cabinet studio photo. Approx. 3 x 5 - Condition: Displays GREAT, minor flaws... please study the scans carefully. 125+ Years Old - Antique 19th Century Card: Entertainment and Tobacco -related Business Advertising Card. * Gilbert & Sullivan * -- NOTE from www research and / or Wikipedia: Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). Together, they wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896,of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Ruddigore, Trial by Jury, Patience, and The Mikado are among the best known. The Dave Cheadle Card Store lists numerous 1800's cards referencing these plays.Many G & S productions parody elements of the Aesthetic Movement and the absurdities of aestheticism and the extravagance, conformity, ironies and hypocrisies of 19th Century Victorian culture. Aesthetic Movement: - This card also reflects a general late-19th century American infatuation with "Oriental" art and culture. Especially under the influence of the Aesthetic Movement (fueled by Oscar Wilde's lecture tour of America in 1882), Americans flocked to purchase and collect Chinese and Japanese imported (or imitated) "Fancy Goods" of all types. Wilde, the so-call "Apostle of Beauty," inspired art for art's sake. At a time when America was rapidly transitioning from a rural society to a more sophisticated urban/industrial culture, tokens from the Far East became a litmus test for cultural "sophistication." Teas and imported bric-a-brac in the forms of everything from paper fans, parasols, and hanging lanterns to exotic bamboo screens and elephant bronzes were scattered about middle-class homes to instantly (and superficially) suggest a residence of "refined taste." -- For more on this fascinating subject, order from my store a back issue of the journal: Fall 1999 Advertising Trade Card Quarterly ATCQ Journal Victorian MAGAZINE. + Over 1,000+ more fabulous antique & vintage cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store. For More of the BEST 19th Century Cards Click Here: (( MORE GREAT CARDS )) + Over 1,000+ more fabulous antique & vintage cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store. 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My inventory includes items ranging from common and affordable to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate my over 150 articles that I have published, along with numerous books I've published, including My ... now out-of-print 1996 classic book that helped establish the name for the ebay category and helped define the hobby of Victorian Trade Card collecting: VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS HISTORICAL REFERENCE & VALUE GUIDE, by Dave Cheadle. Be sure to subscribe to my STORE NEWSLETTER and to add me to your favorites list! As a life-long collector and social historian, and as the founding editor of the Trade Card Collectors Association's journal, "The Trade Card Quarterly," I can certify that all items offered are authentic and fully guaranteed-- full refunds without question if not as represented. FREE Shipping with TRACKING and professional packaging within United States: - YES! 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Price: 38.5 USD

Location: Loveland, Colorado

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