Page 1 of an 8-page folding trade card advertising Jackson's Best chewing tobacco, made by C. A. Jackson & Co., Petersburg, VA. The card presents a 7-act story of how Aldolphus Slim-Jim used Jackson's Best and became happy.
This page is the Prolog to the story.
As well as falling into the tobacco and series categories, this card is also a before, during & after trade card--as defined in The Before and After Trade Card. There is no advertising on the back of any of the pages.
Printed by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y., this trade card is shown one page at a time, with each page appearing at 85 percent of actual size.