A photograph of the Imperial (Tobacco) girls’ cricket team. The majority of the players worked in Wills’s factories. Based in Bristol, England, W. D. and H. O. Wills was one of the largest British tobacco products manufacturers. By 1924 they were a part of the Imperial Tobacco Group of Great Britain and Ireland but still had a certain amount of autonomy. The company was also a prolific publisher of cigarette cards.

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Size: 5153px × 3544px
Location: Bristol, England
Photo credit: © Preserving Printed Matter Matters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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