This softcover 8.5"x11" (21.59cm x 27.94cm) book contains 201 colorful illustrations from the late 1800s which were featured on cigarette trading cards.
These Victorian ephemera range from silly to serious. The subjects of the high-quality vintage ephemera art in this book have been carefully selected for their artistic beauty and content, as well as their likely appeal to crafters and junk journalists. Images have been digitally enhanced to provide the best possible clarity and color.
Copyright-free images in this book are part of the Public Domain archives and can be copied and reused for both personal and commercial uses.
Sheets can be scanned, copied, and printed on sticker paper to create vintage ephemera stickers too!
Image sizes vary, with the average size being 2" x 3.5". Images have been carefully placed on the pages to provide room to trim around them. Some images are in portrait, while others have been placed in landscape for this reason. They are on a black background, which carries to the backside of each page. Non-perforated, single-sided pages can be torn or cut out to be copied as desired.
The paper for this book is 60# (100 GSM) which has a slight sheen. It's similar to the paper found in most magazines, and it's perfect for mixed media and other papercraft projects.
The vintage artwork illustrations in this collection reflect several different series of cigarette trading cards from various companies. Most do not have cigarette brand-specific advertising on the image, and none are photographs.
Perfect For:
DecoupageCollagesJunk JournalsScrapbooksCard MakingQuilling ArtOrigamiMixed Media Art ProjectsIncluded on Trade Card Advertising From These Cigarette Companies:
William S. Kimball & Company, 1889, 1891American Tobacco Company, 1892Goodwin & Company, 1887W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1888-89Allen & Ginter, 1890Celebrate 19th Century feminine beauty. Get your book today!