Card Number 51, Everson & Clayton, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-6) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 1880s

This is a collectible card from a set of trading cards, known as "cigarette cards," issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes in the 1880s. It features a portrait of the actors Everson & Clayton, identified by the card number "51," from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N145-6). The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses this small, 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm), card. These cards are popular collectibles for historians and collectors of ephemera.