Name/TitleCigarette card: Ambulance Service
About this objectBlack Cat Cigarettes Women on War Work Series No. 13: Ambulance Service. A caption on the back states: ' The Red Cross Service has been very glad to avail itself of the services of capable women drivers, in conveying the wounded to hospital.'
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: 69 x W: 37 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsFirst World War
Subject and Association KeywordsRed Cross
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's work & labour
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's war work
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-2017-84-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved