Miss Jennesse, from the Star of the World series (N672), issued by A. Hershey & Bros. to promote Star of the World Tobacco

Art Historical Context

Step into the vibrant world of late 19th-century advertising with *Miss Jennesse*, a petite albumen photograph from theStar of the World* series (N672), around 1888 by A. Hershey Bros. to promote their of the World Tobacco. 4 × 2⅛-inch portrait captures the elegant likeness of actress Miss Jennesse, the allure of theater stars who graced these collectible cards. Distributed inside tobacco packages, such ephemera turned everyday purchases into treasures for enthusiasts. Albumen prints, the dominant photographic medium of the era, were created by sensitizing paper with egg whites and silver sal...