1900s, Tobacco/Cigarette Card, 081, Ada Rehan, Actress, Ogden\'s Guinea Gold for Sale

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1900s, Tobacco/Cigarette Card, 081, Ada Rehan, Actress, Ogden\'s Guinea Gold For Sale

$1900s, Tobacco/Cigarette Card, 081, Ada Rehan, Actress, Ogden\'s Guinea Gold$
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1900s, Tobacco/Cigarette Card, 081, Ada Rehan, Actress, Ogden\'s Guinea Gold:
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1900s, Tobacco/Cigarette Card, 081, Ada Rehan, Actress, Ogden\'s Guinea Gold 1900s, Tobacco/Cigarette Card, 081, Ada Rehan, Actress, Ogden\'s Guinea Gold

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Description You are offerding on an original Antique 1900\'s Tobacco/Cigarette Card, Ogden\'s Guinea Gold, #081 (179), Actress Ada Rehan.

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Ada Rehan (born offerelia Crehan; June 12, 1857 – January 8, 1916) was an American actress and comedian who typified the \"personality\" style of acting in the nineteenth century.

She was born offerelia Crehan in Limerick city, Ireland, one of five siblings born to Thomas Crehan (died 1890) and Harriet (or Harriett) Ryan Crehan (died 1901). She was baptised in St Michael\'s Roman Catholic Church on 12 June 1857. Although by the time she applied for a U.S. passport, she had shaved a few years off and gave 1860 as her year of birth. The family surname was apparently changed to Rehan later. When she was a small child, her family emigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Her year of birth was later disputed by a critic who wrote in the Boston Globe on November 24, 1888, when she should have been 31 years old (or 28 by her own reckoning later), \"Ada Rehan is forty years old and over. She makes up fairly for girlish roles ... but at close sight in the cold light of day she shows her age.\"

When Augustin Daly died in 1899, Rehan deserted the stage for an entire year. She returned with a production of Sweet Nell of Old Drury and a tour that revived some of her classic roles from her career with Daly\'s company. However, the staleness that Rehan\'s performances had become susceptible to as the 1890s wore on was even more evident in these post-Daly productions.

In a letter to William Winter, Rehan wrote, \"I am very indifferent toward the future. If I ever go on again with my work, I fear it will be more of the machine than the artiste.\" After a few more poorly received attempts, Rehan permanently retired from the stage in 1905.

Rehan lived out her remaining years between her homes in New York and the English coast. She died from arteriosclerosis and cancer at Roosevelt Hospital in New York in 1916. Her ashes are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. (ref wikipedia)

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Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands.

Between 1875 and the 1940s, cigarette companies often included collectible cards with their packages of cigarettes. Cigarette card sets document popular culture from the turn of the century, often depicting the period\'s actresses, costumes, and sports, as well as offering insights into mainstream humor and cultural norms.

Beginning in 1875, cards depicting actresses, baseball players, Indian chiefs, boxers, national flags or wild animals were issued by the U.S.-based Allen & Ginter tobacco company. These are considered to be some of the first cigarette cards. Other tobacco companies such as Goodwin & Co. soon followed suit. They first emerged in the U.S., then the UK, then, eventually, in many other countries. (ref wikipedia)

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Card Cond: EX-EX/MT, Please see scans for actual condition.

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