Trade card for "Turkish Trophies" cigarettes

trade card

ADVERTISING
paper
2-5/8 x 3-1/4 in.

Trade card for "Turkish Trophies" cigarettes; color lithograph of sailor on deck, printed at left "YOU ARE TRUE/ AND HONORABLE/ AS A FRIEND BUT/ AS AN ENEMY/ ARE ABSOLUTELY/ UNFORGIVING." Printed on back "TURKISH/ TROPHIES/ TURKISH CIGARETES/ FURTUNE SERIES/ S Anargyros/ A CORPORATION/ FACTORY No. 7, 3rd DIST STATE N. Y". F. Calabretta notes: This cigarette card provides a classic popular image of a sailor. Even the verse reveals his ideal qualities; "You are true and honorable as a friend, but as an enemy are absolutely unforgiving."


2003.4.17

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