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Bonsack's Cigarette Rolling Machine
Patent drawing of the cigarette rolling machine invented by James Albert Bonsackin in 1880 CE and patented in 1881 CE.
U.S. patent 238,640.
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Captain Kidd Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the Scottish privateer turned pirate Captain Kidd (c. 1645-1701) burying his treasure. William Kidd was found guilty of piracy and hanged in 1701. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George...
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Edward Low Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the notorious English pirate Edward Low who was active in the Caribbean and eastern Atlantic from 1721 to 1724 during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Low was known for his acts of cruelty on...
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Stede Bonnet Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the Barbadian pirate Captain Stede Bonnet (d. 1718) and his capture off the Carolinas. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
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Anne Bonny Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny, active in the Caribbean in 1719-20. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Charles Vane Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the English pirate Captain Charles Vane (d. 1721) and the notorious episode when he fired at the ship of the Governor of the Bahamas. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris...
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Laurens de Graaf Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the Dutch pirate and privateer Laurens de Graaf (active 1682 to 1695). Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Samuel Bellamy Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the British pirate Captain Samuel Bellamy (d. 1717). Bellamy died when his ship the Whydah was wrecked in a storm off Cape Cod. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris &...
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François L'Olonais Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the French buccaneer and pirate François L'Olonais (1630-1668). L'Olonias was the cruellest of all buccaneers, torturing and executing almost all of his captives during a brutal career attacking...
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Sir Henry Morgan Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the buccaneer turned lieutenant-governor Sir Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688). Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
