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![Digger tobacco, 1924](/t/265/digger-tobacco-1924-5547351.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Digger tobacco, 1924</b><br>Player's Digger tobaccos counter card in the shape of the head and shoulders of a man. He has a weathered face and thick beard and moustache. He is wearing a hat and colourful neckerchief. The text reads "The best of al // Empire Grown Tobaccos. // PLAYER'S // "DIGGER"."<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
5547351
Digger tobacco, 1924
![No. 3 cigarettes, 1924=25](/t/265/no-3-cigarettes-192425-5874131.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>No. 3 cigarettes, 1924=25</b><br>Player's No. 3 cigarettes rectangular, metal counter card, depicting a single, lit cigarette with a plume of smoke. The text on the card reads "There is // Quality // in every // PLAYER'S // No. 3 // VIRGINIA // CIGARETTE // Manufactured by // JOHN PLAYER & SONS, // NOTTINGHAM". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874131
No. 3 cigarettes, 1924=25
![Player's Please: Sailor, 1955](/t/265/players-please-sailor-1955-5870038.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Player's Please: Sailor, 1955</b><br>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".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
5870038
Player's Please: Sailor, 1955
![Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1922](/t/265/navy-cut-medium-cigarettes-1922-5870483.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1922</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card with a dome to the top centre. The background of the card is black with a gold border decorated with a green and red foliate design. In the dome at the top of the card is the Player's sailor and life buoy trade mark. The card depicts two packets and one drum of cigarettes and an open cigarette case filled with Navy Cut cigarettes. The text above the packs reads SATISFACTION"<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
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Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1922
![Navy Cut: Night Moorings, 1952](/t/265/navy-cut-night-moorings-1952-5869928.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut: Night Moorings, 1952</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of "Night Moorings" by Charles Pears. The illustration shows a night scene of a small tig boat in the foreground with glowing yellow and red lights about to tow in a large clipper ship. Next to the two boats are tow sailors on a float ready to throw the rope over. The artist's signature can be seen in the bottom left corner of the illustration. Text beneath reads: "PLAYER'S // NAVY CUT TOBACCO & CIGARETTES". The sailor lifebuoy trademark can be seen underneath the bottom right corner of the illustration.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
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Navy Cut: Night Moorings, 1952
![Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28](/t/265/navy-cut-cigarettes-192728-5874003.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28</b><br>Player's counter card in the shape of the full-length profile of a naval officer. His insignia suggest he is a commander. His left hand is in his pocket, his right hand is holding a cigarette to his mouth. The text at the base of the card reads "PLAYER'S // NAVY CUT". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright on which is a hand-written note which reads "Please return to // Sherwood Rise // ARCHIVES". There is a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON.".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874003
Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28
![Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927](/t/265/navy-cut-medium-cigarettes-1927-5873979.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Medium cigarettes 'pull-out' counter card depicting a caricature of a rugby player next to a pack of Medium cigarettes. The text reads "W.W. WAKEFIELD // TWO GREAT // PLAYERS". On the reverse is a stand which allows the lower part of the card to pull forward and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON.".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927
![Navy sailor cut-out, 1954](/t/265/navy-sailor-cut-out-1954-5870028.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy sailor cut-out, 1954</b><br>Player's Navy Cut cut-out counter-card of a sailor leaning against a wooden post reading a paper. The sailor wears full navy coloured naval uniform and "HMS EXCELLENT" is written on his cap band. Text below in red reads: "Player's // Please". The sailor lifebuoy trademark can be seen in the bottom right corner.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
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Navy sailor cut-out, 1954
![The Sailor, 1950](/t/265/the-sailor-1950-5869083.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>The Sailor, 1950</b><br>Player's Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of the Navy Cut sailor with "HMS EXCELLENT" written on his cap. Beneath the sailor is a box of text surrounded by images of the two ships from the Navy Cut trademark and the trademark at the bottom. Text in the box reads: "The familiar Player's Sailor figure // symbolises all that is dependable and worth- // while in tobacco manufacture. In the // cigarette world he stands for Player's Navy // Cut - a name rendered justly famous for // the excellence and quality it gives to smokers." The counter-card features a faux-wood border.")
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The Sailor, 1950
![Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924](/t/265/navy-cut-medium-cigarettes-1924-5563869.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Medium cigarettes in three, tiered sections. The back section is the tallest and comprises packs of cigarettes and a box of cigarettes which has the Castle trade mark as well as the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark. The mid-section is similarly compose of packs of cigarettes and a box of cigarettes with the Castle trade mark as well as the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark. Above the box is a banner with the text "PLAYER'S". The front section, which is the lowest displays packs of cigarettes, One is open and two others have collecting cards protruding. The three sections are connected by a foot, the left and right sides of which have broken off and the back section has become detached. On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "C117" and there is a printed note which reads "TO DISPLAY // HOLD BY TOP AND // PRESS DOWN ON TO // COUNTER // N.B. // if this display is // required to be closed // bring two struts into // centre first."<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924
![Navy Mixture tobacco, 1925](/t/265/navy-mixture-tobacco-1925-5549719.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Mixture tobacco, 1925</b><br>Player's Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular 3-D counter card. On the back panel are two galleons in full sail flying English flags. In the foreground is the head and shoulders of a man in armour (possibly sixteenth-century Spanish). The text reads "PLAYER'S // "NAVY" MIXTURE // JOHN PLAYER & SONS, NOTTINGHAM". On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "1 COPY ONLY" and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
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Navy Mixture tobacco, 1925
![Country Life tobacco, 1905](/t/265/country-life-tobacco-1905-5874153.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Country Life tobacco, 1905</b><br>Player's Country Life smoking mixtures counter card. The card is rectangular and much of the text is embossed. In the centre are two packs of medium tobacco. The text reads " "COUNTRY LIFE // MEDIUM STRENGTH // 41/2D // PER 1OZ. PKT // 9D // PER 2OZ PKT. // Smoking Mixture // JOHN PLAYER & SONS, Castle Tobacco Factory NOTTINGHAM // BRANCH OF THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO. (of Great Britain & Ireland) LIMITED." There is a hanging loop to the top. On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "C8" and another which reads "DUPLICATE".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874153
Country Life tobacco, 1905
![A pause for more pleasure, 1951](/t/265/a-pause-for-more-pleasure-1951-5869924.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>A pause for more pleasure, 1951</b><br>Player's Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Van Jones' painting depicting a lady in a coastal scene holding a lit cigarette with a red bicycle next to her. The lady is looking toward the viewer and is wearing a cream jumpsuit dress. The background shows a harbour wall with several buildings and several boats lying on the sand as the tide is out. The Player's sailor trademark is featured in the bottom right and left corners. Navy text on image reads: "Player's // Please". Text in bottom banner: "A pause for more Pleasure". The artists signature can be seen in the bottom left corner.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
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A pause for more pleasure, 1951
![No. 3 Cigarettes, 1938](/t/265/no-3-cigarettes-1938-5874243.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>No. 3 Cigarettes, 1938</b><br>Player's No. 3 cigarettes rectangular counter card. In the centre, inside a carved oval frame is a three-quarter length portrait of a young lady in a red crinoline dress and bonnet. She is carrying a book. The text on the card reads "PLAYER'S NO. 3 // THE EXTRA QUALITY // VIRGINIA CIGARETTE". There is a hanging loop to the top. On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "C218".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874243
No. 3 Cigarettes, 1938
![No. 3 Cigarettes, 1933](/t/265/no-3-cigarettes-1933-5874239.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>No. 3 Cigarettes, 1933</b><br>Player's No. 3 cigarettes rectangular counter card. It is slightly padded over a metal frame with a glossy finish. The background is black and the with an old-gold or bronze edge. It depicts a bunch of flame red lilies in a porcelain vase decorated with a chinese dragon. Next to the vase is a porcelain statuette of a parrot. In the bottom left is an open pack of No. 3 cigarettes. The text reads "PLAYER'S No. 3 // THE // EXTRA // QUALITY // CIGARETTE". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright and a hanging loop. On the support is a hand-written note which reads "Not Bronze". In the top left hand corner is the remains of a circular rubber stamp, probably a proof stamp from Mardon, Son and Hall.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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No. 3 Cigarettes, 1933
![Weights Cigarettes, 1921](/t/265/weights-cigarettes-1921-5874183.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Weights Cigarettes, 1921</b><br>Player's Weights pull-forward counter card in a roughly triangular or pyramid shape composed of Weights cigarette packets. Part of the right hand side is missing and the bottom right hand corner is detached. The text reads "Player's // "WEIGHTS" // CIGARETTES // PROV. PAT.". On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "PLEASE RETURN TO // JOHN PLAYER & SONS // ADVERTISING STORES // ARCHIVES // GARDEN ST RADFORD // NOTTM".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874183
Weights Cigarettes, 1921
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Airman tobaccos, 1926=28
![No. 3 cigarettes, 1921=22](/t/265/no-3-cigarettes-192122-5874120.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>No. 3 cigarettes, 1921=22</b><br>Player's No. 3 cigarettes rectangular, convex counter card with a glossy finish. To the top and sides is a classical swags and tails motif. At the centre top is a small plaque depicting a man in a top hat, with a large loosely tied bow tie, smoking a cigarette. The text reads "PLAYER'S // NO. 3 // Virginia // Cigarettes // John Player & Sons // Nottingham". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright and a hanging loop. There is a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON.". There is a hand-written note which dates the card to "1921".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874120
No. 3 cigarettes, 1921=22
![Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925](/t/265/navy-cut-medium-cigarettes-1925-5870489.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. In the centre is a tin of cigarettes and in the bottom right hand corner the sailor and life buoy trade mark. There is some text within a shield-shaped field above the tin. The text on the card and in the shield reads "PLAYER'S LATEST // ACHIVEMENT // You // can now buy // your favourite // Player's Medium // Navy Cut Cigarettes // in delightfully // decorated tins of // 50s & 100's // 2/6 and 4/10 // Player's Please // IT'S THE TOBACCO THAT COUNTS". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright and a hand-written notes "C314".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925
![Player's Bachelor Tipped., 1960](/t/265/players-bachelor-tipped-1960-5870317.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Player's Bachelor Tipped., 1960</b><br>Player's Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man and woman looking away from the camera smiling. There is a second man to the left of the image and the background is of a body of water edged by trees. The central man is wearing a cricket jumper over his shoulders and is holding a cigarette in his left hand. The woman is wearing a blue cardigan and is also holding a cigarette. The man to the left is wearing a red blaczer and school-boy style cap. He appears to be holding a punt or an oar for use on the water. There is an illustration of an open packet of twenty Player's Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes super-imposed over the bottom right of the image. Several of the cigarettes are half pulled out. The counter-card has three flaps which can bend at the sides and the bottom. The side panels are light blue and bottom panel is white. Main text reads: "Player's // BACHELOR // Tipped", "Bachelor beat // 'flavour-blur'". Text above and below packaging illustration reads: "TWENTY for 3'6 // TEN for 1'9". Hand-written on reverse: "1960 // I.T.C. 19257 // KINGSWAY PRESS // 14 1/2 X 18". There is a stand on the reverse.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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Player's Bachelor Tipped., 1960
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Player's Please: Pigeons, 1952
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Player's Please: Shopping, 1952
![Drumhead Cigarettes, 1922](/t/265/drumhead-cigarettes-1922-5563875.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Drumhead Cigarettes, 1922</b><br>Player's Drumhead Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a red edge. To the left of the card is a drummer boy with a pack on his back, wearing a busby, elaborate tailed coat, white breeches and gaiters. His head protrudes above the top edge of the card. To the right of the card is a pack of Drumhead cigarettes. The text on the card reads " "DRUMHEAD" // CIGARETTES // 10 FOR 4D. // 20 FOR 8D. // John Player & Sons." On the reverse is the remains of a support and two hand-written notes. The first reads "DISCONTINUED" and the second "PLEASE RETURN TO // ARCHIVES SHERWOOD RISE". There is a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON.".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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Drumhead Cigarettes, 1922
![No. 3 Cigarettes, 1936](/t/265/no-3-cigarettes-1936-5874241.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>No. 3 Cigarettes, 1936</b><br>Player's No. 3 cigarettes rectangular counter card. The top three-quarters of the card depicts an interior scene. In the background, through an open double-doorway, is a dining table and chair in front of a window. There is a bowl of flowers on the table. To the right of the doorway is a sideboard with a candelabra, two candlesticks and a bowl of fruit. In the foreground, on a table is a bowl of anemones and an open pack of No.3 cigarettes. Below the picture is the text "Among the finer things of life // Superb craftsmanship working on // exquisite Virginia leaf has produced // in Player's No.3 a cigarette which // satisfies the most exacting smoker. // PLAYER'S No. 3 T// EXTRA QUALITY // VIRGINIA."<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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No. 3 Cigarettes, 1936
![Weights Cigarettes, 1921=22](/t/265/weights-cigarettes-192122-5874195.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Weights Cigarettes, 1921=22</b><br>Player's Weights rectangular, convex counter card. The background simulates grey crocodile or snake skin. In the centre of the top half there is a circular panel. The background of this is red crocodile or snake skin and in the centre is the head and neck of a horse. To the bottom right of the panel is a packet of Weights cigarettes. The text below reads "PLAYER'S // "WEIGHTS" // CIGARETTES // John Player & Sons, Nottingham.". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."."<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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Weights Cigarettes, 1921=22
![Navy Mixture tobacco, 1927](/t/265/navy-mixture-tobacco-1927-5874171.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Mixture tobacco, 1927</b><br>Player's Navy Mixture tobacco counter card. The centre of the card is domed and depicts a galleon in full sail. Either side are packs of Navy mixture medium and white label tobacco. The text reads "AN ENGLISH MAN-OF-WAR OF THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY // PLAYER'S // "NAVY" MIXTURE // "MILD", "MEDIUM" & "WHITE LABEL". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright and a hanging loop. There are three handwritten notes which read "1927"; "APPROX DATE 1927" and "C111". There is a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON.".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874171
Navy Mixture tobacco, 1927
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Players Roll Call
![Old Stocks tobacco, 1904](/t/265/old-stocks-tobacco-1904-5874151.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Old Stocks tobacco, 1904</b><br>Player's Old Stocks tobacco rectangular counter card. The edge has been cut to resemble a carved picture frame and the card is heavily embossed. In the centre is a miniature of a building on a street corner. It is called "YE OLD STOCKS" and is probably an inn. In one of the windows are two pipes with crossed stems, and what may be a box of cigarettes or cigars and a tin of tobacco. Opposite to the inn is a man in a red jacket sitting in the stocks. At the centre top of the card is a small label with the typed note "No. 41". There is a hanging loop to the top. The text on the rest of the card reads " "OLD STOCKS" // 1OZ PACKET 7D 4OZ TIN 2/3 // 1OZ [ditto marks] 1/1 1/2 8 OZ [ditto marks] 4.6 // SMOKING MIXTURE // JOHN PLAYER & SONS, Castle Tobacco Factory, NOTTINGHAM // BRANCH OF // THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO // (of Great Britain & Ireland) // LIMITED". On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "Please return to // Sherwood Rise // ARCHIVES".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874151
Old Stocks tobacco, 1904
![Tobacco mixtures, 1906](/t/265/tobacco-mixtures-1906-5874149.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Tobacco mixtures, 1906</b><br>Player's rectangular counter card listing several brands of tobacco. The edge has been cut to resemble a carved picture frame and there is some embossing. The card is decorated with an art-nouveau design in gold that surrounds the text which reads "JOHN PLAYER // AND // SONS // DESIRE TO // CALL THE ATTENTION OF // THE SMOKING PUBLIC // TO THE FOLLOWING // HIGH CLASS MIXTURES // Old Stocks 7D pr Oz 2/3 pr 1/4lb // Navy Mixture MILD 5D [ditto marks] 1/8 [ditto marks] // Navy Mixture MEDIUM 41/3D [ditto marks] 1/6 [ditto marks] // Country Life 5D [ditto marks] 1/8 [ditto marks] // Eighty Club 41/dD [ditto marks] 1/6 [ditto marks] // Castle Mixture 4D [ditto marks] 8D pr 2 OZS // SOLD HERE // JOHN PLAYER & SONS CASTLE TOBACCO FACTORY"<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
5874149
Tobacco mixtures, 1906
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No. 3 cigarettes, 1928
![No. 3 cigarettes, 1928](/t/265/no-3-cigarettes-1928-5874141.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>No. 3 cigarettes, 1928</b><br>Player's No. 3 rectangular, convex counter card. The background is brown with a darker brown and gold checked border. It depicts a pack of No. 3 cigarettes. The text reads "PLAYER'S NO. 3 // Virginia Cigarettes // 10 // for // 8D // 20 // for 1/4D // CORK TIPPED". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright and a label which reads "MARDONS // MANUFACTURERS OF // WINDOW NOVELITES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS &c &c // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
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No. 3 cigarettes, 1928
![No. 3 cigarettes, 1929](/t/265/no-3-cigarettes-1929-5874139.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>No. 3 cigarettes, 1929</b><br>Player's No. 3 rectangular counter card. The background is brown with a paler brown border. It depicts a box of No. 3 cigarettes. The text reads "PLAYER'S NO. 3 // Virginia Cigarettes // FLAT TINS OF FIFTY // PRICE // 3/4 // PER 50". On the reverse are marks where a support would have been attached, but this is now missing.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
5874139
No. 3 cigarettes, 1929
![Navy Cut: HMS Vanguard, 1940=1960](/t/265/navy-cut-hms-vanguard-19401960-5870461.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut: HMS Vanguard, 1940=1960</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Charles Pears' painting of HMS Vanguard dressed for Royal Review. The painting depicts the ship coming into harbour with flags out and planes overhead. Title text: "True to Tradition // PLAYER'S // NAVY CUT // TOBACCO and CIGARETTES".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Player's Please: Female sailor, 1955](/t/265/players-please-female-sailor-1955-5870129.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Player's Please: Female sailor, 1955</b><br>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".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1923=24](/t/265/navy-cut-tobacco-and-cigarettes-192324-5874023.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1923=24</b><br>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."<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
!['No Name' Tobacco with an unparalleled reputation, 1964](/t/265/no-name-tobacco-with-an-unparalleled-reputation-5870293.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>'No Name' Tobacco with an unparalleled reputation, 1964</b><br>Player's No Name Tobacco counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a gentleman from the waist up, leaning against a table holding a pipe to his mouth. In the background there is a portrait of a gentleman hanging on the wall. The table the man is leaning on has on it a sculpture of what appears to be a horse and a vase of flowers. The man is wearing an evening jacket with a shirt and tie. He is looking towards the top left of the counter-card. The bottom section of the counter-card features an illustration of a tin of Player's No Name Tobacco on a burgundy background. Text reads: "'No Name'? // Tobacco with an unparalleled reputation". Hand-written on reverse: "APPROX. 1964 // 20452 // 9 1/2 X 15". There is also a stand on the reverse.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Trust Gold Leaf to taste good, 1967](/t/265/trust-gold-leaf-to-taste-good-1967-5870289.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Trust Gold Leaf to taste good, 1967</b><br>Player's Gold Leaf Cigarettes small square counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a person in a jumper and trousers sitting with a golden retriever dog on his lap holding a packet of 20 Gold Leaf cigarettes in his right hand and a lit cigaretted in his left hand between his forefinger and middle finger. The text at the bottom reads: "Trust // GOLD LEAF // to taste good". Text on a white background under image.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Player's Please: Dalmatians, 1950](/t/265/players-please-dalmatians-1950-5869087.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Player's Please: Dalmatians, 1950</b><br>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".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1930](/t/265/navy-cut-medium-cork-tip-cigarettes-1930-5856294.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1930</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Medium cork tipped cigarettes rectangular counter card depicting a young woman smoking a cigarette. Above her head the smoke has formed a ring giving the appearance of her having a halo. In the bottom right hand corner is a box of Cork Tip Medium cigarettes. The text reads "PLAYER'S // MEDIUM // NAVY CUT // CIGARETTES // Cork Tips // NOW OBTAINABLE IN CARTONS OF 5 FOR 3D." On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright and a hanging loop.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
![Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1927](/t/265/navy-cut-tobacco-and-cigarettes-1927-5562277.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1927</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular, convex counter card depicting a cricket ground. In the foreground is a three-quarter length picture of a cricketer walking away from the field as if he has just finished his innings. He has a bat in his left hand and is raising his cap slightly. There is a signature in the top left hand corner which appears to read "Sep Edw??". The text on the card reads "PLAYER'S // NAVY CUT // TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES // "It's the Tobacco that Counts" // THE NATION'S CHOICE". On the reverse is remnants of a support and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
![People love Player's: In the Glade, 1961](/t/265/people-love-players-in-the-glade-1961-5870377.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>People love Player's: In the Glade, 1961</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a gentleman and woman in a wooded landscape looking up to the top right of frame. The gentleman is smoking a cigarette while the woman holds a packet of Navy Cut. Text reads: "People love Player's". There are illustrations of a packet of Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes 'Medium' and an open packet of Player's Navy Cut in the bottom right corner. The Player's Navy Cut sailor lifebuoy logo is featured on the packets.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Whatever the pleasure: Beach, 1955](/t/265/whatever-the-pleasure-beach-1955-5870121.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Whatever the pleasure: Beach, 1955</b><br>Player's Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring an illustration of a young lady giving a light to a young man on the beach. The young lady wears a black bathing costume and is kneeling on a towel next to a wooden fence, the man wears blue swimming shorts and is holding a towel. There is a packet of 20 Navy Cut Cigarettes medium with a lit cigarette on the towel. Text below reads: "Whatever the pleasure // Player's complete it // Player's // Please". The sailor lifebuoy trademark is on the right above the text.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Player's Please: Female jockey, 1955=1956](/t/265/players-please-female-jockey-19551956-5870113.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Player's Please: Female jockey, 1955=1956</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Frank Oldham's painting of a female jockey receiving a light for her cigarette from a gentleman in a beige overcoat and green hat. The jockey wears a red cap and turquoise jersey,m she is carrying her riding kit; following behind her is another jockey wearing turquoise cap and yellow jersey. Title text reads: "Whatever // the pleasure " "Player's // Please". There is an image of an open packet of Player's Navy Cut "Medium" Cigarettes in the bottom left corner<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Ask for Player's Drumhead Cigarettes: Irish Manufacture, 1934](/t/265/ask-for-players-drumhead-cigarettes-irish-manufacture-5870399.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Ask for Player's Drumhead Cigarettes: Irish Manufacture, 1934</b><br>Player's Drumhead Cigarettes counter-card featuring an illustration of an open packet of 10 Drumhead cigarettes on top of a lit Drumhead cigarette lying down. The card ios blue with a green and white border. Text reads: "ASK // FOR // PLAYER'S // "DRUMHEAD" // CIGARETTES // 10 FOR 4D. 20 FOR 8D. // IRISH MANUFACTURE".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Player's Whiskey Flake, The tobacco that keeps the promise of its 'nose'](/t/265/players-whiskey-flake-the-tobacco-that-5870297.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Player's Whiskey Flake, The tobacco that keeps the promise of its 'nose'</b><br>Player's Whiskey Flake Tobacco counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a mans face as he smokes a pipe and smiles whilst looking at a tin of tobacco he is holding. The pipe is lit and smoke can be seen eminating from the end. Text at top of counter-card reads: "PLAYER'S // WHISKEY FLAKE". Text to the left of the image reads: "The // tobacco // that keeps // the promise // of its 'nose'". Hand-written on reverse: "1960-61 // 20916 // HAWORTHS". There is also a stand on the reverse.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
![A man is always happy with Player's Weights: Snowman, 1962](/t/265/a-man-is-always-happy-with-players-weights-snowman-5870261.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>A man is always happy with Player's Weights: Snowman, 1962</b><br>Player's Weights Cigarettes Christmas rectangular counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a woman tying a scarf around a snowman. The woman wears a red jacket with stars and Christmas images and a blue trousers/skirt. The snowman is decorated with a red bobble hat and red scarf and he appears to be winking. Text reads: "A man is always happy // with PLAYER'S // Weights". There is an image of a gift box of 50 Player's Weights Cigarettes in the bottom right corner.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![A man is always happy with Player's Weights: Parachutist, 1961](/t/265/a-man-is-always-happy-with-players-weights-parachutist-5870251.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>A man is always happy with Player's Weights: Parachutist, 1961</b><br>Player's Weights Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a pilot smoking a cigarette and looking to the upper right, in the background right is a parachutist with parachute deployed coming to land. The pilot wears flying helmet and goggles and carries a flight bag around his midrift; he is holding a packet of Weights (possibly a superimposed illustration) in his left hand. Text reads: "A man is always happy // with PLAYER'S // Weights". There is an illustration of an open packet of 20 Player's Weights Cigarettes set against an orange background in the bottom right corner.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![A man is always happy with Player's Weights: Orange, 1961](/t/265/a-man-is-always-happy-with-players-weights-orange-5870243.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>A man is always happy with Player's Weights: Orange, 1961</b><br>Player's Weights Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a gentleman in houndstooth cardigan/jacket holding a lit cigarette and reclining with one arm behind his head, in his left pocket of his cardigan/jacket is a packet of Player's Weights. Text reads: "A man is always happy with // PLAYER'S // Weights". There is an illustration of an open packet of 20 Player's Weights Cigarettes on the left side.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![A man is always happy with Player's Weights, 1961](/t/265/a-man-is-always-happy-with-players-weights-1961-5870237.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>A man is always happy with Player's Weights, 1961</b><br>Player's Weights Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a seated gentleman from behind looking over his left shoulder and smiling as he holds a lit cigarette in his right hand. The gentleman is wearing a green jacket and blue trousers. Text printed on the image: "A MAN // IS ALWAYS // HAPPY WITH // PLAYER'S // Weights". Also printed on image is an illustration of an open packet of 20 Player's Weights Cigarettes against an orange background. Prices advertised: "3'2 for 20 1'7 for 10".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![A man is always happy with, Player's Weights, 1960](/t/265/a-man-is-always-happy-with-players-weights-5870231.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>A man is always happy with, Player's Weights, 1960</b><br>Player's Weights Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a chequerboard design. In the top right corner on a green background is an image of Father Christmas' hat and beard smoking a cigarette in the bottom left corner on a red background is a photographic image of a man in white shirt looking up to the top right and smoking a cigarette. Text reads: "A man // is always happy // with? // PLAYER'S // Weights". Prices advertised: "In Christmas Packs 50 for 7/11 100 for 15/10". In the bottom right corner is an image of a gift box of Player's Weights Cigarettes showing a lighthouse and Father Christmas in a boat with presents.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![It's a way they have in the Navy: HMS Archeron, 1950](/t/265/its-a-way-they-have-in-the-navy-hms-archeron-5869085.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>It's a way they have in the Navy: HMS Archeron, 1950</b><br>Player's Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a white submarine with sailors standing to attention on board entering port. Below image is an image of the head and shoulders of the Navy Cut sailor with "H.M.S. EXCELLENT" on his cap.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Empire Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28](/t/265/empire-navy-cut-cigarettes-192728-5874173.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Empire Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28</b><br>Player's Empire cigarettes in the shape of a banner or pediment. To either side are stylized lions in front of black semi-circle. The text reads "PLAYER'S // EMPIRE // NAVY CUT CIGARETTES".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
![Roll Call tobacco and cigarettes, 1922](/t/265/roll-call-tobacco-and-cigarettes-1922-5874165.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Roll Call tobacco and cigarettes, 1922</b><br>Player's Roll Call cigarettes and tobacco, pull-out counter card roughly in the shape of a pyramid. The central section depicts a soldier in eighteenth century uniform with a cockade on his hat, smoking a short stemmed clay pipe. Above this picture is a rectangular banner which reads "PLAYER'S // "ROLL CALL" ". The back section stands higher than the banner and shows packs of Roll Call tobacco and cigarettes. The front section, when extended, forms two half-sections of a frame for the picture. On the left hand side is the text "Tobacco // 91/D // per oz." and on the right hand side is the text "Cigarettes // 2D // per packet of // 5". Along the bottom are packs of tobacco and cigarettes. On the reverse is a mechanism to support the extended card and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON.".<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England </em>")
