Box, Cigarette
- Object Name:
- Box, Cigarette
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.34
- Creator:
- Tindeco
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- North Carolina
- Date:
- circa 1932
- Description:
- Cigarette can, tin, Lucky Strike, with attached lid. Green lid, gold base. Lid reads, "LUCKY STRIKE / 'IT'S TOASTED' / CIGARETTES / flat fifties". Interior of lid shows Plains Indian and promotional text signed by "The American Tobacco Co. / INCORPORATED", and maker's mark, "TINDECO". Can base includes manufacturer's guarantee, and factory mark, "FACTORY NO. 30 / DISTRICT OF N.C." Includes cigarette tax stamp dated "SEPT. 1932".
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-0.5 W-5.5 D-4.375 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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