We close our week with another June, June Taylor, who ostensibly appeared on only three cards :
- Abdulla & Co`s "Beauties of To-Day" (1938) - 9/50
- Godfrey Phillips` "Beauties of To-Day" - small size - series 1 (1938) - 9/50
- Godfrey Phillips` "Beauties of To-Day" (1938) extra large - series 4 - 27/50
However all these cards have the same picture, albeit colourised on set one above, And two of them, sets one and two above, have the same biography, which reads : "JUNE TAYLOR - who appeared in Henry Sherek`s Supper Time Show "Laughter and Rhythm" at the Dorchester Hotel": Our card, which is set three above, has no biography, though it is a larger card with more space to expand one; it simply says "A series of Real Photographs now being issued with these Cigarettes".
Now there are lots of June Taylors online, but none seem to be our girl. So it seems likely that she was a pretty showgirl who never made the big time, and never had any scandalous relationships with more famous people than her, but was pleasing enough to be featured on these cards, so at least she left the proof that she existed. And many showgirls cannot even say that.
I will not have time to describe this set tonight, but according to the World Tobacco Issues Index there are a lot of cards with this title, four series of small sized cards variously in colour and black and white, two series of large black and white cards, and seven series of extra large black and white cards.
For now I will confine myself to our set, and only as described in the original World Tobacco Issues Index as :
- BEAUTIES OF TO-DAY. Extra-Lg. Black and white photos
4. “Fourth Series”. Nd. (36)
And tomorrow I will add the rest...