Name/TitleCigarette card: Women in Newspaper Offices
About this objectBlack Cat Cigarettes Women on War Work Series No. 17: Women in Newspaper Offices. A caption on the back states: 'Before the war, there were a few printing offices which employed women compositors, but not a great many. Now there is a huge number of women employed in newspaper and other printing offices, and they are doing splendid work in making it possible for us to get news each day.'
MakerCarreras Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1916
PeriodFirst World War
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesEst. 1788, London, England and Montreal, Quebec
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
MeasurementsH: 68 x W: 36 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsFirst World War
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's war work
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association DescriptionCollectible cigarette cards were issued by tobacco manufacturers between 1875 and the 1940s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_card. Women on War Work was a series of 50 issued by Carreras Ltd around 1916.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeCigarette card
Object numberGWL-2015-120-9
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved