Completed album of 186 cards issued with Tobler chocolate. Each card has been hole-punched, which suggests that the collector, Nan Mitchell of Prospect, received her reward.
Cards include: Series 1. Flowers -- Series 2. Tom Thumb -- Series 3. Robinson Crusoe -- Series 4. Fairy tales -- Series 5. Swiss costumes -- Series 6. Italian costumes -- Series 7. Cascades -- Series 8. Parrots -- Series 9. Babies -- Series 10. Tyrolese -- Series 11. Swiss artillery -- Series 12. Steamboats -- Series 13. Mexico -- Series 14. Russian costumes -- Series 15. Beauties -- Series 16. Caricatures -- Series 17. Poultry -- Series 18. Emblems -- Series 19. Dogs -- Series 20. Birds -- Series 21. Bernese Oberland -- Series 22. Swiss Alps -- Series 23. Men of War -- Series 24. Country life -- Series 25. Globetrotting -- Series 26. Globetrotting -- Series 27. Parisian traders -- Series 28. Parisian life -- Series 29. Statues -- Series 30. Monuments
"This album when completely filled with Picture Cards from packets of Tobler's Chocolate, arranged in their right order and presented at the undermentioned address, entitles you to Ten Shillings' worth of Tobler's chocolates free - W.R. Langsford, Sole Agent, 69 Angas Street, Adelaide." This appears inside the album, which was printed in Port Adelaide.
Copying the success of the cigarette card, some chocolate manufacturers also began issuing colour picture cards with their product, encouraging the buyer to collect the whole series (and buy their product). Tobler went a step further, producing as well, an album for the cards to be arranged in, and also offering a reward for the successful completion of the album.
