A Garden Party / Lofty Tumbler, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1890 - 1893

"A Garden Party / Lofty Tumbler" is a trade card from the "Jokes" series issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. It features four separate humorous illustrations depicting a man gardening, a man drinking from a large glass, and a rope with a stick tied at the end. The card is a good example of the use of humor in advertising during the late 19th century. It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This card would have been popular in the United States during the late 19th century when tobacco was commonly used.