Displaying Cigarette Cards

[TS Allen]

Hello all,

 

I bought a huge set of a couple of hundred WWI cigarette cards a few weeks ago. They were manufactured post-war by a German company and I bought the whole group for $15, which I considered quite a steal. They are German, but many of them have a US theme. One of my favorites shows a swearing-in in front of a big American flag.

 

Wanting to mount them, I initially set up my favorites in a small frame that was glass on both sides and kept pressure on the contents with plastic edgings. This worked well for a small frame, and I set up all of the "portraits" this way.

 

The problem is, I have hundreds of these, and I need to use larger frames to display them reasonably. When I try to use the larger double-sided glass pressure frames, the cigarette cards go all over the place. Sticky tack won't work.

 

I don't care about keeping the reverses showing, but I would like them to be removable if absolutely necessary. The images have both horizontal and vertical orientations, so a matte job won't work. The cards are 6.25 x 4.75 cm, or 2 5/8 by 1 3/4 in.

 

Any thoughts on how I can successful display these beautiful pieces?

 

Thanks,

 

~TS

 

(FYI: I cross-posted this topic to GMIC)

[Bob Hudson]

Have you checked out the baseball card display cases and frames through Google? There are also custom items for cigarette cards, such as this: http://www.frames.uk.com/ccm.htm

[Teamski]

Have you checked out the baseball card display cases and frames through Google? There are also custom items for cigarette cards, such as this: http://www.frames.uk.com/ccm.htm

 

 

Exactly, hehehehe... You might want to use UV glass if possible.

 

-Ski

[Misanthropic_Gods]

I use mounting corners to display MY German TR cigarette cards, I like to use the archival ones inside of a shadowbox with UV glass.

 

 

http://www.dickblick.com/products/lineco-a...unting-corners/

[TS Allen]

Hello all,

 

I ended up using Dollar Tree 8 1/2 x 11 frames with black backing papers. I put the cigarette cards on 4x4, 16 to a case, with holders in the upper left and lower right corners. They turned out really nice.

 

With the holders on, is it safe to keep them under glass or should I take the glass out and leave them exposed on the frames? I prefer the glass because it keeps people from handling them.

 

Thanks,

 

~TS