» fashion http://everythingnice.org Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:22:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 nypl archive, the birth of cycling. http://everythingnice.org/2009/08/nypl-archive-the-birth-of-cycling/ http://everythingnice.org/2009/08/nypl-archive-the-birth-of-cycling/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:54:07 +0000 admin http://everythingnice.org/?p=981 John Player & Sons cigarettes have had the most stunning packaging in the tobacco industry for decades, and it looks like their cigarette cards were just as lovely.

This set, Cycling: a Series of 50, from 1939 chronicles the history of cycling–as it was. It’s a stunning account of fashion and human ingenuity served up by the classiest pack of cigarettes on the market (or are they no longer on the market?).

Enjoy.

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