PRIDE AND BEAUTY
1893

The American Tobacco Company, successor to Allen and Ginter, issued a large souvenir booklet in 1893 titled Floral Beauties. Lillian Russell and Miss Johnstone Bennett, plus ten other popular stage actresses were pictured with different floral arrangements. Miss Russell's page pictures her with Forget-me-nots, and states that the flowers mean true friendship. Miss Bennett is pictured with a Carnation, which means pride and beauty. The booklet's high quality chromolithography makes these paintings absolutely breathtaking. Floral Beauties was a mail in offer advertising either Richmond Straight Cut or Pet cigarettes.
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