Marseilles, from the City Flags series (N6) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands 1887
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"Marseilles, from the City Flags series (N6) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands" is a chromolithograph trading card printed in 1887 by the Allen & Ginter company. The card depicts the flag of Marseilles waving in the wind with a tropical landscape in the background. The card, measuring 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in., is part of a larger series of trading cards featuring flags from around the world. This example is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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