COLLECTING 101 PART 1: CIGARETTE AND TRADING CARDS By Jo Ann Emrick
C ollecting Manchester Terrier memorabilia has been a passion of mine since 1985! Along the way, I have seen and purchased some wonderful collectibles and I am happy to share. We will look at cigarette cards, trade cards, adver- tising cards, die cuts, postcards from my collection. The first set of dog cigarette cards to be issued were distributed in the United States as part of a series en- titled “Dogs of The World” and in- cluded a full body image of a Man- chester Terrier (Figure 1). They were published by Goodwin & Co. of New York & London in 1890. Even though Goodwin & Co. had a brand called “Dogs Head Cigarettes,” these cards were issued under the “Old Judge” Cigarette Factory name. Collectors will note that there were a few varia- tions, such as differing caption and numbering locations while some aren’t numbered. Today, these white– based cards are difficult to find. In the early–1900s, the United
Kingdom’s Taddy & Co. issued a head and shoulder study of a Manchester Terrier with a green border. This was the first set of dog cards issued in the UK and the “Manchester Terrier” was the 20th card in a set of 50. It has always come as a great surprise tome tofindnocigarette card showing aManchester from the large selection produced by John Player & Sons from paintings by Arthur Wardle. From the late–1920s to the early–1940s, Players & Wardle collaborated on no fewer than 13 cigarette card sets, to- taling over 450 individual cards with not a single Manchester. Wardle did produce a Manchester card for W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London (Fig- ure 2). Produced in 1915 and issued by the Imperial Tobacco Co., the Man- chester Terrier card was 15th in a set of 25 cards that themselves made up the second in a series of dog cards. The description on the back of the card reads: “The Black and Tan, or Manchester Terrier of today is a com- paratively modern breed. During the
Fig. 1: Dogs of the World series (1890)
Fig. 2: Imperial Tobacco (1915)
“COLLECTING MANCHESTER TERRIER MEMORABILIA HAS BEEN a passion of mine since 1985!” 40 • T op N otch T oys , S eptember 2019
Fig. 3: Players series (1938)
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