Did any of our readers know, or guess, that this man, George Washington, was a keen composter?
He even wrote about it in his diary, on April 14, 1760, stating that he had "Mixed my compost in box". He also experimented with seeds, adding different soils and fertilisers, in a very similar manner that we today call "trialling". You can read more at CityFarmer/Washington.
This set might be anonymous, but we know enough about it to attribute it to Reemstma, who issued fifteen other albums of cards on all manner of subjects. Ours is listed in our World Tobacco Issues Indexes as :
ALBUM NR. 7 or SAMMELWERK NR. 7 ; GESTALTEN DER WELTGESCHICTE (Figures in World History). Size 105 x 70. Nd. (200). Anonymous.
A. "Album Nr. 7"
B. "Sammelwerk Nr. 7
The company was founded by Johann Bernhard Reemstma in Erfurt, Germay, in 1910 - and it is still going strong. In fact it is one of the largest tobacco companies in Europe, though it is now but a subsidiary of Imperial Brands, and it has relocated its HQ to Hamburg.