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Berry Picking #1: Cigarette Cards
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Berry Picking #1: Cigarette Cards

Sarony & Co's "Around the Mediterranean"

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Around the Mediterranean, Card 23: Beirut, Business Quarter (late 1920s)

Cigarette cards were like baseball cards that were stuffed into cigarette boxes from the late 1870s until the 1940s. These collectibles stiffened the box and like cereal box toys or temporary tattoos in gum sticks, the cards added a surprise so you’d buy more to collect the whole se…

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