Trade cards from the N145 set "Actors and
Actresses" were issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to
promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series, with various subsets sporting different card designs and also promoting different
tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company.
This example features actress Lillian Russell, who became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th and
early 20th centuries, praised for her beauty and style, as well as for
her voice and stage presence.
This is the only example of this N145 Actors & Actresses card PSA has ever graded, with
this one receiving an EX 5 grade.