Auction #7 - February 2021

All > 19th Century Tobacco

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2021

S.F. Hess Tobacco was one of the multitude of tobacco companies that produced real albumen photo trading cards during the 1880's into 1890's. In addition to the actress cards, they also issued tough baseball cards of major leaguers, California league players and an odd set of "Newsboys". Most of the Hess series, including their full color chromolithographed sets, are more difficult to find than are the contemporary cards from A&G, Duke, Kinney and Kimball. Hess brands incliuded Creole cigarettes, Diadem, Railroad and others.

This lot is for a single N330 S.F. Hess Actresses card. One of the subsets of the N330 S.F. Sett includes pictures of nude subjects. This subset is the toughest type to find from the series. This card appears to be one of the cards from this tough subset.