Nottingham Gallery

Players Please: Sailor, 1955

Player's Navy Cut small rectangular counter card. The background is yellow with a cream edge. In the centre is the head and shoulders of a sailor with "H M S EXCELLENT" on his hatband. In the bottom right hand corner is a sailor in a life buoy trade mark. The red title text reads "Player's // Please"

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England

Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1923=24

Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular counter card featuring an aerial photograph of the Player's factory in Radford. There is a small white label in the top right hand corner which reads "CAT59" and a hand-written note which reads "1925". The text on the card reads "SMOKE // PLAYER'S NAVY CUT // Tobacco & Cigarettes // The above picture is // AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF PLAYER'S TOBACCO FACTORY, NOTTINGHAM, WHERE MORE THAN 4, 500 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED." On the reverse is the remnants of a support. There is a hand-written note which reads "C128" and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England

Players Please: Female sailor, 1955

Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a painting of a blonde female sailor in white shirt and navy tie with naval hat to the left behind her head. She is holding a cigarette in her right hand and is smiling. There is an illustration of an open packet of Navy Cut Cigarette Medium in the bottom right corner. Text next to this: "Player's // Please"

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England