Take a look at these antique cigarette cards — collectible free trading cards that were included in packages of cigarettes — featuring images of famous inventions.
See everything from cameras to the kinetoscopes (think movie projector), typewriters to sewing machines. Eras covered include 1902-1917 and 1923-1930.
Inventions that changed the world – Famous inventions trading cards
Marconi transmitting apparatus
Edison’s first phonograph
The invention of the Electric tram
Modern lighthouse lantern
Pratt’s typewriter
Invention of the microscope
Jacquard loom
Invention of the Incandescent light
Howe’s sewing machine
Automatic piano-player
Famous invention: Wilde dynamo
Invention: Edison’s kinetoscope
Famous invention Steven’s screw propeller
Invention of the X-ray apparatus
The camera
