1930 Cigarette Card "SENIOR T.T. RACE, 1929. (C. J. P. DODSON.)"

1930 Cigarette Card "SENIOR T.T. RACE, 1929. (C. J. P. DODSON.)" is a vintage Cigarette Cards artifact by W.D. & H.O. Wills (Imperial Tobacco Co.) from 1930, preserved in The Record Institute Ephemera Archive.

Category: Cigarette Cards

Brand: W.D. & H.O. Wills (Imperial Tobacco Co.)

Year: 1930

Rarity Class: B

This pristine survival from W.D. & H.O. Wills’s ambitious "SPEED" series captures the kinetic intensity of interwar motorcycle racing. Depicting Charlie Dodson’s record-breaking 1929 Senior Tourist Trophy victory on a Sunbeam machine, the card serves as a microscopic monument to the golden era of British motorsport and the relentless human pursuit of velocity.

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Subject: Charles J. P. ("Charlie") Dodson, riding motorcycle #1 to victory at the 1929 Senior Tourist Trophy (Isle of Man). Machine: Sunbeam motorcycle. Issuer: W.D. & H.O. Wills, a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. of Great Britain & Ireland Ltd. Context: Card No. 31 from the highly popular "SPEED" series of 50, categorized under section "(c) Motor-cycles." Historical Data: Documents Dodson's tr

Summary

This pristine survival from W.D. & H.O. Wills’s ambitious "SPEED" series captures the kinetic intensity of interwar motorcycle racing. Depicting Charlie Dodson’s record-breaking 1929 Senior Tourist Trophy victory on a Sunbeam machine, the card serves as a microscopic monument to the golden era of British motorsport and the relentless human pursuit of velocity.

A vintage, horizontal cigarette card titled "Senior T.T. Race, 1929" issued by Wills's Cigarettes. The front features a color illustration of a motorcyclist, Charlie Dodson, riding a black Sunbeam motorcycle with the racing number "1" on a dirt track, kicking up a large plume of dust against a backdrop of green fields and distant hills. The reverse features bold text reading "SPEED" and "W.D. & H.O. WILLS," along with biographical details of Dodson's racing victories.