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Tobacco (cigarette) cards became commonplace in the mid 1800s and hit the height of their popularity in the early 20th century. Originally designed to both stiffen the packaging and deliver a promotional message, they featured images of famous kings and queens, native Americans, film stars, plants and animals, and baseball players. The cards came in sets of 25 to 50 with illustrations on one side and text on the other.

At the very beginning, my interest in lighters was about the mechanism. I had my first lighter when I was 14. I sav… [more]

How did I start collecting Victorian trade cards? In the late 60s I was a bottle collector, early American bottles … [more]

Dave Campbell contacted me after reading a post on The Baseball Card blog. He's been collecting baseball cards non-… [more]

Cigarette lighter collecting is a hobby that never gets boring. Just by browsing eBay auctions for ten minutes, for… [more]

I was 10 when the movie came out and I went to the store and bought a couple of packs of Star Wars cards. But I end… [more]

I started collecting in 1986. If you’re in Boston and you’re a baseball fan, the Red Sox may take over your life. T… [more]

Tom Boblitt moderates this extremely deep, collaborative site dedicated to non-sports cards (tobacco, gum and candy… [read review or visit site]

This ambitious site showcases the 20,000-item Rankei Library matchbook collection, owned by the Japan Match Manufac… [read review or visit site]

Don Wearmouth and his wife showcase the 230 beautiful silk designs that were distributed free with Kensitas cigaret… [read review or visit site]

Jane McDevitt's huge Flickr photoset of matchbox labels, primarily Eastern European, from the 1950s and 60s. These … [read review or visit site]

This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p… [read review or visit site]

James Lileks' gallery of 250 matchbooks from coffee shops, hotels, motels, bars, banks, restaurants and more. Lilek… [read review or visit site]

This blog, entirely in Spanish, is an amazingly comprehensive and varied tribute to tobacco and cigarette advertisi… [read review or visit site]
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For the modern version of the old-time tobacco card, Upper Deck put the actual bugs into the cards for its Goodwin Champions Entomology cards...Read more