Card Number 235, Adelaide Emerson, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-7) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 1880s

"Card Number 235, Adelaide Emerson," from the "Actors and Actresses" series is a trade card issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. This black and white photograph, produced in the 1880s, depicts Adelaide Emerson rowing a boat. This card, measuring 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm), is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in New York, NY, and is an example of the trade card's use as an advertising medium in the late 19th century.