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Major Drapkin & Co
Major Drapkin & Co is branch of United Kingdom Tobacco Co. These search pictures
are part of a series of cigarette cards issued in 1926. Follow the link below if you
want to know more about cigarette cards.
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Snake charmer, find snake. |  Tell me more |
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Gladiator, find his sword. | | Tell me more |
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This Arab is desperately looking for this steed in the desert. Can you find it ? | | Tell me more |
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Chelsea Pensioner, find his pipe. Chelsea Pensioners are army pensions in the UK, they were paid through the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Some Chelsea Pensioners actually lived in the Royal Hospital. | | Tell me more |
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Minstrel, find his harp. | | Tell me more |
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Mandarin, find his hat. Mandarins were bureacrats in Imperial China. | | Tell me more |
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This Indian lost his tomahawk, can you find it? | | Tell me more |
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Beefeater, find the tower raven. Beefeater is the name for the wardens of the Tower of London, since the middle of the 17th century. It was meant literally, because they were well-fed. | | Tell me more |
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Crier, find his bell. Way before there were newspapers or a telegraph, the news had to be spread somehow. In medieval England, the town crier used his bell to call for attention and then read the news to the people who couldn't read or write. Help him find his bell so he can tell them about the tax increase. | | Tell me more |
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Huntsman, find the fox. This puzzle card depicts an English hunter in traditional red and white clothing, accompanied by hunting dogs. Fox hunting is a centuries old tradition in England (Then again, everything in England is a centuries old tradition). Anyway, where is the poor fox ? | | Tell me more |
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Mountaineer, find the guide. This is also a nice history lesson : this is what mountaineers looked like in the twenties ! | | Tell me more |
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Sailor, find his cutlass. A cutlass is a short sword. | | Tell me more |
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Poacher, find rabbit. Poaching is illegal hunting or fishing. | | Tell me more |
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Shepherd, find his dog. The artist had a lot of attention for detail. Shepherds were often children or old men who weren't fit for hard work. The image of a shepherd I found on Wikipedia looks almost exactly like this one, which I found rather hilarious. | | Tell me more |  Wikipedia - Romanian shepherd This is what a real shepherd looks like |
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Dancer, find her tambourine. | | Tell me more |
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Crusoe, find man Friday. | | Tell me more |
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Watchman, find his lantern. | | Tell me more |
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