Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/28/2023
Celebrating self-made men, Duke's Cigarettes issued the "History of Poor Boys" tobacco mini booklet set in 1888, and we offer 22 of the 50 booklets. All multi-paged, the booklets feature a full colour image of the subject on the cover and a biography within the interior pages. Included, we have booklets for Jake Kilrain, John L Sullivan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, President Harrison, PT Barnum, Edgar Allen Poe, J Ericsson, Gladstone, Henry Irving, HW Longfellow, Materna, JE Millais, MME Modjeska, Levi Morton, Christine Nilsson, Ole Bull, Chas Parnell, Dewitt Talmage, Jas Eads (2), Horace Claflin, Russell Alger and Geo Childs. The majority of the booklets survive in low to mid-grade condition.
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