Rugby-Pioneers: Coffee break !

05/06/2009

Coffee break !

I've already mentionned a couple of times that there are no French cigarette cards (why ?...). Instead, it's very much about "food & drinks"... I'm not going to list them all (then please check Justin McCullough's reference book...) but we do have a bunch a retailers trade cards, a lot of chocolate trade cards, a few soft cheese trade cards,... and some coffee trade cards, such as this "sports" series issued in the 30s (my guess...) by "Café Gilbert".

Here is the full set ...

Credits : the rugby picture is mine... while all the other sporting pictures have been kindly provided by Patricia who is a fan of vintage illustrations (check her blog "Agence Eureka" here, or her Flickr there...

5 Jun 2009 20:27:16 | 3 Rugby trade cards

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