Cigarette Card

Cavanders “Ancient Egypt” Cigarette Card #10 “Manufacture of Bricks”. Produced in 1928.

Text on reverse of card reads:

“Under the burning sun of Egypt, the process of wetting, tempering and working the clay previous to its being moulded into bricks was so painful and unwholesome, that it was usually the work of slaves and captives.
On the monuments are found many representations of those unfortunate beings whose lives were made bitter with hard bondage. Task-masters stand by armed with formidable whips made out of the hide of the hippopotamus.”