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Blanche C. Ford, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes

American Tobacco Company|W. Duke, Sons & Co.

ca. 1891

Blanche C. Ford, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes by American Tobacco Company|W. Duke, Sons & Co.

Medium

Albumen photograph

Dimensions

Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm)

Classification

Photographs|Ephemera

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick

Accession Number

63.350.208.145.8.375

Tags

PortraitsWomenActresses

About the Artist

American Tobacco Company|W. Duke, Sons & Co.

**American Tobacco Company (1890–1911)** Founded on January 31, 1890, in Durham, North Carolina, by James Buchanan Duke, the American Tobacco Company emerged from the consolidation of five major U.S. tobacco manufacturers: W. Duke & Sons, Allen & Ginter, Goodwin & Company, W.S. Kimball & Co., and Kinney Brothers. Under Duke's aggressive leadership, it rapidly achieved monopoly status, controlling...

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