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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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Canada

Canada

Cigarette card, 1889

Coins of All Nations (Duke's Cigarettes)

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

As hard as nails : Mud-bespattered Canadian privates from trench-duty

"As hard as nails" : Mud-bespattered Canadian privates from trench-duty.

Photograph, 1916

The New York Public Library. ""As hard as nails" " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-0a61-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Alice Leferrall Sleeper

Alice Leferrall Sleeper.

Photograph, 1880 - 1899 (Approximate)

Kilburn, M. D. (Photographer)

The New York Public Library. "Alice Leferrall Sleeper" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880 - 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-07d4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Women munitions workers in Canada

Women munitions workers in Canada.

Photograph, 1907 - 1933 (Approximate)

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 (Photographer)

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Women munitions workers in Canada" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1907 - 1933. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-4e07-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Commisioner Eva Booth. (For eight years Salvation Army leader in Canada.)

Commisioner Eva Booth. (For eight years Salvation Army leader in Canada.).

Photograph, 1906

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Commisioner Eva Booth. (For eight years Salvation Army leader in Canada.)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1906. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-c433-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99