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Duke’s Cigarette Cards
Coins of All Nations, 1889

Case Study #1: Curation

The curated selection of photographs, prints, and drawings for each nation are chosen from the NYPL Digital Collection by doing a keyword search for the nation featured on the cigarette card. Results are narrowed down to the decades preceding and following 1889, the year Duke’s Cigarette Cards, Coins of All Nations was released.
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  • Do the curated materials share visual characteristics with the cigarette card? How are they different?
  • What is the point of view of the curated materials? What narratives are presented?
  • Does seeing the curated materials offer an alternative impression of the caricature on the cigarette card?
  • How might these images have influenced Americans’ idea of people from this nation?
  • Choose a card and create your own set of curated materials using the NYPL Digital Collections.

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Arabia

Arabia.

Cigarette card, 1889

Coins of All Nations (Duke's Cigarettes)

George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "Arabia." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1959. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-34e1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Pilger aus Ambon, Kei und Banda; links der Sohn eines Ambonesen mit einer Mekkanerin.

Pilger aus Ambon, Kei und Banda; links der Sohn eines Ambonesen mit einer Mekkanerin.

Photograph from Mekka, mit bilder-atlas, 1888 - 1889

Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936 (Author)

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Pilger aus Ambon, Kei und Banda; links der Sohn eines Ambonesen mit einer Mekkanerin." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1888 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-47c8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Ein mekkanischer Arzt, dessen Sohn, Kinder aus der Familie der Benî Schêbah [Bani Shaybî] (Thorhüter der Ka‘bah) und ein Sèjjid in Mekka.

Ein mekkanischer Arzt, dessen Sohn, Kinder aus der Familie der Benî Schêbah [Bani Shaybî] (Thorhüter der Ka‘bah) und ein Sèjjid in Mekka.

Photograph from Mekka, mit bilder-atlas, 1888 - 1889

Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936 (Author)

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Ein mekkanischer Arzt, dessen Sohn, Kinder aus der Familie der Benî Schêbah [Bani Shaybî] (Thorhüter der Ka‘bah) und ein Sèjjid in Mekka." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1888 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-47b8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Pilger aus Ternate.

Photograph from Mekka, mit bilder-atlas, 1888 - 1889

Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936 (Author)

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Pilger aus Ternate." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1888 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-47ca-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a994

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Pilger aus Batjan (Molukken) [Moluku]. Sohn des Sultans, Oheim des Prinzen und ein Priester.

Photograph from Mekka, mit bilder-atlas, 1888 - 1889

Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936 (Author)

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Pilger aus Batjan (Molukken) [Moluku]. Sohn des Sultans, Oheim des Prinzen und ein Priester." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1888 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-47c9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Bone types Juifs

Aun èr-Rafîq [‘Aun al-Rafîq], Grossscherif von Mekka (1882- ).

Photograph from Mekka, mit bilder-atlas, 1888 - 1889

Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936 (Author)

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Aun èr-Rafîq [‘Aun al-Rafîq], Grossscherif von Mekka (1882- )." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1888 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-47b1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99