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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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Spain.

Spain.

Cigarette card, 1889

Coins of All Nations (Duke's Cigarettes)

George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "Spain." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1959. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-353d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Spanish Puffs.

Spanish Puffs.

Print, 1701 - 1900

George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "Spanish Puffs." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1701 - 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-d884-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

General Garcia and Brig.-General Ludlow. Taken during their conference at the time of the landing of the American army.

General Garcia and Brig.-General Ludlow. Taken during their conference at the time of the landing of the American army.

Photograph, 1899

Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925 (Author of introduction, etc.)

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "General Garcia and Brig.-General Ludlow. Taken during their conference at the time of the landing of the American army" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/69e36c7b-9068-f7cc-e040-e00a18063a8e

Alfonso XIII., king of Spain, who will be crowned in May [from 'Current History,' 1902].

Alfonso XIII., king of Spain, who will be crowned in May [from 'Current History,' 1902].

Portrait, 1902

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Alfonso XIII., king of Spain, who will be crowned in May [from 'Current History,' 1902]." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1902. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-4a8f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Spain, 1897-1900.

Spain, 1897-1900.

Illustration, 1910

Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus, 1843-1910 (Collector)

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "Spain, 1897-1900" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1910. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-bb9f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Types of Spanish soldiers in the southern Philippines.

Types of Spanish soldiers in the southern Philippines.

Photograph, 1899 - 1900

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Types of Spanish soldiers in the southern Philippines" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899 - 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-e747-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99