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[English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Wholesale Society tea game cards for the Rose of the Orient].
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[English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Wholesale Society tea game cards for the Rose of the Orient]Creator/Contributor:
English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Wholesale Society, creator, publisher.Abstract:
Complete set of cards issued by the English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Society pertaining to their activities in the
British tea trade, specifically to their Rose of the Orient film series (released 1935). Set is illustrated by scenes of Ceylon
laborers setting seeds, tea plants in bloom, cutting and milling machinery, loading tea for overseas shipment, matching and
tasting, and historical scenes of Queen Catherine and Dr. Samuel Johnson enjoying tea. Printed on the back of this set: The
Rose of the Orient 2nd film series. English and Scottish Joint C.W.S. tea, filling the nation's teapot.
Date:
1935 (issued)Subject:
e-uk--- -- a-ce---English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Wholesale Society -- Pictorial works
The Rose of the orient -- Pictorial works
Tea trade -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works
Tea trade -- Sri Lanka -- Pictorial works
Tea -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works
Tea -- Sri Lanka -- Pictorial works
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Title devised by cataloger.
Printed at bottom margin on back of cards: C.W.S. Printing Works, Longsight, Manchester.
English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Wholesale Society tea game card sets, BANC PIC 2016.116, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicCollecting cards.
Game cards.
Physical Description:
photoprint
12 prints in 1 folder : color lithographs ; 9 x 7 cm (game card format)
Language:
English