Effie Snyder, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Medium
Albumen photograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 7/16 in. (6.4 × 3.7 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
63.350.220.245.1692
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 1890s advertising with *Effie Snyder, from the Actresses series (N)*, a diminutive albumen photograph produced the Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote their Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. tiny portrait (just 2½ × 1⅞ inches) captures the poised elegance of actress Effie Snyder one of many celebrated performers featured in the series. At the time, tobacco companies cleverly bundled these collectible cards inside cigarette packs, turning smoking into a gateway for fans to amass star-studded souvenirs. Albumen prints, made by coating paper with egg whites and silver salts...
About the Artist
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company · 1869–2011
**Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company (1869–2011)** Founded around 1869 by Francis Sherwood Kinney in New York City, the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company quickly rose to prominence in the burgeoning American cigarette industry. Francis, a pioneering tobacco manufacturer, experimented with hand-rolled cigarettes using blends of Turkish and Virginia tobacco, scaling to mass production by employing Europ...