Woman Gallery

Players Please: Dalmatians, 1950

Player's Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting by Van Jones depicting a lady in a moorland scene smoking a cigarette and holding the leashs of two dalmatians. The lady is looking towards the viewer with a smile and she wears a yellow blouse and brown trousers. The two dogs are looking to the right. The Player's sailor trademark is featured in the bottom right corner. Text on painting reads: "Player's // Please". Text in banner at the bottom: "IT'S THE TOBACCO THAT COUNTS"

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

Players Please, 1927=28

Player's Please cigarette rectangular counter card with the head and shoulders of a sultry young woman wearing a green sleeveless and backless dress. She is smoking a cigarette. The text reads "Player's // Please // I always smoke them". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright with an attached hoop or hanging loop. There is a hand-written note which reads "PLEASE RETURN TO" and a second note which reads "C102"

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

Whatever the pleasure, Players complete it, 1959

Player's Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of a gentleman in navy jumper and brown flat cap holding a pipe next to a blonde haired woman in yellow jumper smoking a cigarette. The pair are sitting on the beach with a large blue boat in dry dock and the sea in the background. Text against navy panel at the bottom: "Whatever the pleasure // Player's // complete it".There are ilustrations of an open tin of 50 Navy Cut Cigarettes Medium and a tin of Medium Navy Cut tobacco with the Castle trademark in the bottom right corner. Text next to these: "50s // AIRTIGHT TIN // 1 OUNCE // AIRTIGHT TIN"

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