Card 760, Annie Sutherland, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 1885 - 1891

This is a "trade card" featuring a portrait of actress Annie Sutherland, part of a series of cards produced by Allen & Ginter, a tobacco company, between 1885 and 1891. The cards, marketed as "Actors & Actresses," were distributed with Virginia Brights Cigarettes and depict prominent theatrical performers of the time. The card is a monochrome photograph with a simple, uncluttered composition, showing Sutherland in a theatrical costume standing against an out-of-focus background. The image captures her in a moment of theatrical performance, reflecting a popular form of entertainment during the late nineteenth century. "Trade cards" are considered ephemera, objects associated with a specific event or time period, making this an important historical document.