Trade card album - "An Album of Cricketers 1938" - issued by John Player & Sons

Object Type
Documents and books/Document/Card/Card album
Date Used
1938
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Brief Description
Small rectangular album comprising twenty, off-white card pages held together with two staples and printed in brown ink. The album contained 50 cards each adhered to its section. The title reads AN ALBUM OF / CRICKETERS / 1938, with an image to the right of two batsman walking across a field, with spectators in the background. The album is issued by the John Player and Sons Tobacco Company. Adhered to each page inside are three colour printed cricket cards showing a head and shoulders portrait of individual England and Australian cricket players, with their brief biography below. A table of contents is printed on the inside cover.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 128 W: 187 D: 5mm (H: 5 1/16 W: 7 3/8 D: 3/16")
Media/Materials
Date Used
1938
Location
In storage
Registration No
M7150

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