Sunday, March 30, 2008

Cute and weird cigarette cards

Here's the cuddly, cute one hugging his grain husk:
Will's cigarette card  - Hamster
Common Hamster
Will's Cigarettes card
c.1930s/40s

Here's a fairly odd, feral looking squirrel (I was originally going to put the hamster one directly on the left of the squirrel but it looked like he was doing something with his grain husk to the squirrel...)
Will's cigarette card  - Squirrel
Squirrel
Will's Cigarettes card
c.1930s/40s


Finally, here's the weird one:
Will's cigarette card - Mauritius
Mauritius, Coat of Arms
Will's Cigarettes card
c.1930s/40s

The bi-coloured critters and mammalian-like dodo are what make it for me. It doesn't seem quite so weird when you see what a modern version of it looks like.

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