35 Strange and Humor New Year Greeting Cards Issued by Kinney Bros. in 1890

The Kinney Tobacco Company was an American cigarette manufacturing firm that created the Sweet Caporal cigarette brand and promoted it with collectible trading cards. Being a leading cigarette manufacturer of the 1870-1880s, in 1890 it merged with other companies to form the American Tobacco Company.

The New Year greeting cards issued by the Kinney Bros. in 1890 likely reflected the era’s fascination with humor, surrealism, and whimsy. These cards might have featured strange and humorous designs intended to surprise and amuse the audience.