Card Number 1, Fanny Rice, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes 1880s

"Card Number 1, Fanny Rice" is a trade card from the 1880s, featuring the actress Fanny Rice, holding two doves. Part of the "Actors and Actresses" series, issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote "Cross Cut Cigarettes", it's a prime example of early 20th-century commercial advertising. The card's simple, sepia tone photograph captures Rice in a relaxed pose, embodying the innocence associated with the doves. This small-scale artwork, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, showcases the intersection of advertising, entertainment, and the burgeoning cigarette industry.