Images Dated 15th November 2011

Bachelors: The Programme Seller, 1910=1960

Player's Bachelor Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of "The Programme Seller" by the Hon. John Collier. The painting shows a maid waiting with a tray with water and a large red packet of Bachelor cigarettes. Title text on card: "PLAYER'S // BACHELOR // CIGARETTES". Text underneath reproduction: "THE PROGRAMME SELLER" BY THE HON. JOHN COLLIER. // THE PROPERTY OF THE MANUFACTURERS OF PLAYER'S BACHELOR CIGARETTES." Next to the title text is a large image of an open packet of 10 Bachelor cigarettes

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Players Bachelor Tipped., 1960

Player's Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a man from the chest up lighting a cigarette in his mouth. The background of the image is a countryside scene with five people stood near two gliders whilst watching another coming in to land. In the bottom left of the counter-card is an illustration of an open packet of twenty Player's Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes with several of the cigarettes half pulled out. The text on the card is in pale blue, dark blue, white and gold. The text at the top of the card reads: "Player's // BACHELOR // Tipped". Text to the bottom right of the card reads: "Bachelor beat // flavour-blur'". Text with packaging illustration reads: "TWENTY for 3'6 // TEN for 1'9". Hand-written on reverse: "1960 // 19584". There is a stand on the reverse

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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"

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