Up for sale is an original 1888 W. Duke Sons & Co. tobacco card featuring Lillian Russell from the N151 "Actresses, Celebrities, and Children" series — an albumen photograph card issued to promote Duke's Special Long-Cut tobacco.
This exact card is catalogued in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Object No. N151.142), making it a fully documented piece of American photographic ephemera history.
Condition: Displays very well with natural age-appropriate toning. Image and all text are crisp and legible. Normal handling wear consistent with 135+ year age. No major creasing.
The N151 set is scarcer than the more common N103 and N145 Duke sets. Lillian Russell was one of the most celebrated entertainers of the Gilded Age and remains one of the most sought-after subjects in Victorian tobacco card collecting.
A genuine piece of 19th century Americana — photographed, packaged, and collected since 1888.
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