1933 W D & H O Wills Footballers Jack Titus trade card
Object Type
Documents and books/Document/Card/Trade or swap card/Trade card - Cigarette card
Date Used
1933
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Small, rectangular, portrait-format card featuring on front a black and white head and shoulders portrait photograph of Australian Rules Football player Jack Titus. Titus is shown wearing a Richmond Football Club guernsey with the collar up, against a plain background. The picture is surrounded by a white border, at the bottom of which is inscribed his name, 'J. TITUS,/RICHMOND.' Reverse features grey text inside a decorative border, at the top of which is the card number 186, the series title: 'THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF/FOOTBALLERS', and below which is a short sporting biography of the player. W.D. & H.O. Wills advertisement at the bottom. This card is one of a series of 200 numbered cards issued in packets of W.D. & H.O. Wills cigarettes in 1933. The cards show black and white portraits of both past and current players of the time in both the Victorian League and Association.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 67 W: 36 D: 1mm (H: 2 5/8 W: 1 7/16 D: 1/16")
Date Used
1933
Location
In storage
Registration No
M12387.54
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum by Neil Pearson.
Subject Auto Tags
Photograph
Portrait
Vintage clothing
Glasses
Art
Photography
Stock photography
Retro style
Illustration
Gentleman
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