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John Player's Archive Collection (#4)

Counter Cards from the John Player's archive

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Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28

Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28
Players counter card in the shape of the full-length figure of a naval officer. His insignia suggest he is an admiral. He carries a walking cane. His left hand is missing

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Please, 1928

Players Please, 1928
Players Please rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a gold edging. In the bottom right hand corner is the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Mixture tobacco, 1927

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1927
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular 3-D counter card. On the back panel is a two-masted sailing ship

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1926=29

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1926=29
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-forward counter card. One side of the card opens out so that when extended it is shaped like a narrow wedge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1924=26

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1924=26
Players Drumhead Cigarettes rectangular counter card

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923=24

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923=24
Players Drumhead Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a red edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923
Players Drumhead Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is cream with a border of green lotus flowers with a gold sash wrapped around them

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923=24

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923=24
Players Drumhead Cigarettes roughly rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a gold edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923
Players Drumhead Cigarettes roughly rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a gold edge. At the centre, top is a drum with crossed drum sticks

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1922

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1922
Players Drumhead Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a red edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1920=21

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1920=21
Players Drumhead Cigarettes counter card in a roughly triangular shape. In the centre is a drummer boy with a pack on his back, wearing a busby, elaborate tailed coat, white breeches and gaiters

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Mixture tobacco, 1906

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1906
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular counter card. Top centre is the sailor inside a life buoy trade mark

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1925

Weights Cigarettes, 1925
Players Weights 3-D counter card depicting a cross country race. On the rear section is a countryside scene with a river and fences and a number of figures running

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1927

Weights Cigarettes, 1927
Players Weights rectangular counter card. In the centre is a reproduction of a picture of the start of a horse race

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1926=27

Weights Cigarettes, 1926=27
Players Weights rectangular counter card. In the centre is a reproduction of a picture of the start of a horse race. The wire had just gone up and seven horses are beginning to gallop away

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1922

Weights Cigarettes, 1922
Players Weights cigarettes depicting a man in pierrot costume, wearing a monocle smoking a cigarette. In his right hand he holds a metal stick or pole from which hands an orange chinese lantern

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1921

Weights Cigarettes, 1921
Players Weights rectangular, convex counter card. The background is cream with a blue, dentil edged border

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Please, 1929=30

Players Please, 1929=30
Players Please counter card depicting the head, shoulders and right hand of Santa Claus. Behind him are a snow-covered fir tree and a crescent moon

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Please, 1929=30

Players Please, 1929=30
Players Please counter card depicting the head, shoulders and right hand of Santa Claus. Behind him are a snow-covered fir tree and a crescent moon

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-forward counter card depicting a footballer next to a pack of Navy Cut cigarettes. His head and both arms are damaged, but part of one arm survives

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-forward counter card depicting a footballer next to a pack of Navy Cut cigarettes

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card depicting a cricketer next to a pack of Navy Cut cigarettes

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927
Players 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.E

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-out counter card depicting a caricature of a footballer next to a pack of Medium cigarettes. The text reads " C.M. BUCHAN // TWO GREAT // PLAYERS"

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Two Great Players

Two Great Players
W Gillespie, otherwise known as Billie Gillespie played for Sheffield United in the 1920 s, captaining the team between 1923 and 1930. He led the Blades to victory in the FA cup in 1925

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-out counter card depicting a caricature of a footballer next to a pack of Medium cigarettes. The text reads " F BARSON // TWO GREAT // PLAYERS"

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Roll Call tobacco, 1909=11

Roll Call tobacco, 1909=11
Players Roll Call tobacco counter card in the shape of a banner with scroll ends. The text reads " PLAYERs // " ROLL CALL" // TOBACCO"

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923
Players Drumhead cigarettes rectangular counter card. In the centre of the card is a picture of a lancer mounted on a white horse in a landscape

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923

Drumhead Cigarettes, 1923
Players Drumhead cigarettes rectangular counter card. In the centre of the card is a picture of a lancer mounted on a white horse in a landscape

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Roll Call tobacco, 1920

Roll Call tobacco, 1920
Players Roll Call rectangular counter card depicting a highland piper in a landscape. The picture is signed C.Clark. There is a hanging loop to the top

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Airman tobaccos, 1926

Airman tobaccos, 1926
Players Airman circular counter card. The border of the card is made up of an outer red ring and an inner white ring. The centre of the card depicts two men in a bi-plane

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Please, 1927=28

Players Please, 1927=28
Players Please 3-D counter card. On the rear piece is the profile of a young woman with a fashionable hairstyle

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Navy Cut Varieties

Players Navy Cut Varieties
A design showing a variety of different John Plares Navy Cut products

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Mixture tobacco, 1925

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1925
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular 3-D counter card. On the back panel are two galleons in full sail flying English flags

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Mixture tobacco, 1924

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1924
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular convex counter card depicting a racing yacht in full sail. The text reads " As fresh & cool as the ocean air

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1929

Weights Cigarettes, 1929
Players Weights counter card in the shape of a two figures. One is dressed as pierrot and the other wears a ballerinas tutu. Both are smoking cigarettes

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Navy Cut Deluxe

Players Navy Cut Deluxe
Cigarette Advertisement containing the Players Navy Cut Lifebouy

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1933

Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1933
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarette rectangular counter card, depicting at the top a hunting scene. Five dogs and three huntsmen, wearing red coats, are crossing a road from left to right

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Tobacco, 1939=40

Navy Cut Tobacco, 1939=40
Players Navy Cut Medium tobacco rectangular, pull-forward counter card in two sections. The rear section depicts an estuary or similar with three sailing yachts, in the background three ships

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931
Players Navy Cut Medium rectangular counter card. The background is cream. To left to just right of centre is a picture of a sailing yacht, manned by four men, on a brisk sea

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1931

Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1931
Players Navy Cut Medium cork tipped cigarettes padded rectangular counter card with a glossy finish. The background is cream with a green border

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card, depicting an elderly, bearded man wearing a sailors cap painting a model of a three-masted ship

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-out counter card depicting a caricature of a footballer next to a pack of Medium cigarettes. The text reads " H GALLACHER // TWO GREAT // PLAYERS"



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