Tlie cigarette picture, of which the inventor, Mr. J. B. Duke, the American tobacco king, died recently, had a' preilece&sor in the matchbox portrait. Ah enterprising firtn issued matchboxes with portraits of celebrities, ..-Royal, political) ..and rfieatrioal, and for a time collecting these became a craze. "Readers of- Barrio's "Better Dead" will recall the hero's interest in the contest between i Mrs. Langtry and Lady Itaiulblph Churchill as public favourites with matchbox, coniioisseucti. -. -^
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 156, 30 December 1925, Page 6
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