Trade card for Hassan cigarettes

trade card

Trade card for Hassan cigarettes; color lithograph of painting by A. Operti of Arctic whaling vessel AMERICA in the ice; on back is printed a history of the vessel by Albert Operti, and advertisement for Hassan cork tip cigarettes, "The Oriental Smoke/ THE LARGEST SELLING/ BRAND OF CIGARETTES IN AMERICA." Companion card to 2003.4.19. Fred Calabretta notes: The Arctic exploring vessel America was crushed by the ice and destroyed in 1903. This illustration is the work of noted painter of Arctic exploration scenes, Albert Operti.