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Back in the early 20th century, food and cigarette companies would sometimes include collectible cards with their products. And that’s exactly what happened around 1910 when Wills’s Cigarettes included cards about the history of flying with their smokes.

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11 Gorgeous Collectible Cards of Flying Machines From Over a Century Ago