473382 J.H. Thomas, M.P.. (1926) by Ritchie, Alick Penrose Forbes (1868-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Henry "Jimmy" Thomas 1874 -1949) was a British trade unionist and Labour politician; leader of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) from 1917 until 1931; in 1911 coordinated the first national railway strike in Great Britain and again in 1919; from the series of \'Straight Line\' caricatures produced as cigarette cards by John Player & Sons; the golden age of cigarette cards was from the late 19th century until the Second World War and were immensely popular both as collector items and as a source of instruction, entertainment and amusement before the widespread use of television and radio; ); English, out of copyright.