Wrapper
- Object Name:
- Wrapper
- Object ID:
- 1997.503.04
- Creator:
- Allen & Gintler
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Richmond VA
- Date:
- circa 1911
- Description:
- Cigarette Package, Perfection Cigarettes, 10 pack. Paper, printed black and gold on red. Front reads "THE / PERFECTION / PURE RICE PAPER. / CIGARETTES / Allen & Gintler / THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. SUCCESSOR. / MANUFACTURER. / RICHMOND. VA. U.S.A.". Blue U.S. cigarette tax stamp on back, with following imprint: "Factory No. 42. / Aug. 14, 1911. / 4th Dist. of N.C." 2 3/4" x 1 3/4" x 5/8".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.75 W-1.75 D-0.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Objects found in skylight (east wing) at NHHS Library, March 1997. Objects include pair of shoes (.01), gum wrapper (.02), five cigarette packages (.03, .04, others discarded), and newspaper fragments from the Boston Post dated 1911 and 1934 (discarded).
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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