The Drama is Making Long Strides / O'er an Oar, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1890 - 1893

"The Drama is Making Long Strides / O'er an Oar" is a humorous trade card from the "Jokes" series issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. The card, created between 1890 and 1893, features a series of vignettes depicting humorous scenes. One scene shows a man in a top hat walking along a railroad track, while another shows a man in a boat with his legs sticking up in the air. The card is a playful and engaging advertisement for the tobacco company. It is a good example of the use of humor in advertising and the use of trade cards for promotion. The artwork is a chromolithograph and part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.