Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- P.W.R. Sexty Cigarette cards of ships and locomotives,
- Dates:
- ca. 1930-1939
- Creators:
- Sexty, P.W.R., collector.
- Abstract:
- The cards are mounted in a W.D., and H.O. Will's Cigarettes (Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain) card album, probably dating from the early 1930s. The album is completely filled with commemorative cards representing ships and other floating objects, i.e. barges, dredges, buoys (5 pages), and locomotives of Britain, the British Commonwealth, and other countries (5 pages). Each card (1.5 x 2.0 inches) was presumably offered with a package of Will's cigarettes as a market promotion. Each card is in brilliant color and contains on the back pertinent facts relating to the object shown on the front. The collection of maritime objects ranges from working ships, passenger ships, warships, to miscellaneous craft. The locomotives shown represent the major locomotives in use in their respective countries at the time. There are 50 railway cards and 50 maritime cards.
- Extent:
- 1 v. (100 cards)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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P.W.R. Sexty Cigarette Cards of Ships and Locomotives. MISC 915. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of a single item, a W.D. and H.O. Will's Cigarettes (Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain) Card Album, probably dating from the early l930s. The Album is completely filled with commemorative cards representing ships and other floating objects, i.e., barges, dredges, buoys (5 pages), and locomotives of Britain, the British Commonwealth, and other countries (5 pages). Each card (l.5 x 2.0 inches) was presumably offered with a package of Will's cigarettes as a market promotion. Each card is in brilliant color and contains on the back pertinent facts relating to the object shown on the front. The collection of maritime objects ranges from working ships, passenger ships, warships, to miscellaneous craft. The locomotives shown represent the major locomotives in use in their respective countries at the time. The total number of maritime cards is 50, and the total number of railway cards is 50.
The cards are mounted in a W.D., and H.O. Will's Cigarettes (Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain) card album, probably dating from the early 1930s. The album is completely filled with commemorative cards representing ships and other floating objects, i.e. barges, dredges, buoys (5 pages), and locomotives of Britain, the British Commonwealth, and other countries (5 pages). Each card (1.5 x 2.0 inches) was presumably offered with a package of Will's cigarettes as a market promotion. Each card is in brilliant color and contains on the back pertinent facts relating to the object shown on the front. The collection of maritime objects ranges from working ships, passenger ships, warships, to miscellaneous craft. The locomotives shown represent the major locomotives in use in their respective countries at the time. There are 50 railway cards and 50 maritime cards.
- Acquisition information:
- Originally part of the Hopkins Transportation Library; transferred, 2000.
- Custodial history:
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The Collection, according to a signature on the inside of the front cover, once belonged to P.W.R. Sexty, The Vicarage. West Leamington, North Devizes [England, southeast of Birmingham, near Warwick].
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MicroSoft Word imported into FileMaker Pro database.; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble. Date of source: 2000.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
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P.W.R. Sexty Cigarette Cards of Ships and Locomotives. MISC 915. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022