Starting in 1880s America, trading cards, given free inside
a variety of products, were a very successful promotional device. Indeed, so
successful when included in packets of cigarettes that they became known as
Cigarette Cards. These cards with a
Dukeries link, are from a large series
depicting stately homes across the UK. Cigarette cards were discontinued during World War 2 to save paper, and never fully recovered their popularity after that.
Below: The back of the Thoresby Park card.
Above card: Not named on the card, this is Worksop Manor.
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