Box, Tobacco
- Object Name:
- Box, Tobacco
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.37
- Place of Origin:
- USA
- Description:
- Can, tin, tobacco, with attached lid. Red tin, with ink and embossed text. Text reads, "Velvet / PIPE & CIGARETTE / TOBACCO / MANUFACTURED BY / Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. / St. Louis, MO. / REG. U.S. PAT.OFF. - MADE IN U.S.A." Lid embossed, "NET WT. 1 5/8 OZ". NH tax stamp on lid, "NEW HAMPSHIRE / 2 1/2 / CENTS / TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX".
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-4.5 W-3 D-0.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Jane Chworowsky (1929-1993), was born in PA and raised in Newport, NH. She attended Plymouth State College, and briefly taught English in Charlestown, NH (1953-55). She ran an antiques business -- Jane's Cabin Antiques -- at her home in Croydon, NH. She bequeathed the contents of her home and business to NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
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