Cigarette card featuring Nellie Melba, 1912

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Title

Cigarette card featuring Nellie Melba, 1912

Description

Collectable cards inserted in cigarette packaging were popular from the late 19th century to the 1940s. Designed to encourage the collection of entire sets, they were issued in themed series such as plants, wildlife and sports and theatre stars. This card featured Nellie Melba as part of a series of musical celebrities.

Source

Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne

Publisher

Grainger Museum

Date

1912

Rights

Arts Centre Melbourne

Identifier

Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne
1992.124.041 | Gift of Jack Rogerson, 1992
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Citation

Photograph by Dupont Emera Printed for W.D. and H.O. Wills, Bristol and London, “Cigarette card featuring Nellie Melba, 1912,” Grainger Museum Online, accessed December 22, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/items/show/354.

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