Box, Cigarette
- Object Name:
- Box, Cigarette
- Object ID:
- 2007.007
- Creator:
- Taylor, Andrew A.; Shreve, Crump & Low
Retailer - Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1938
- Description:
- Presentation Cigarette Box. Sterling Silver. Rectangular box with hinged lid and gold wash on inside of cover. Interior divided into three compartments with cedar liner. State seal stamped on cover. "GOVERNOR FRANCIS PARNELL MURPHY / 1937-1938 / WITH / HAPPY MEMORIES AND BEST WISHES" engraved on lid. Facsimiles of the signatures of Virgil D. White, Charles M. Dale, and Thomas A. Murray appear on left side of cover, and Alvin A. Lucie, George H. Rolfe, and Enoch D. Fuller appear on the right side of cover. "ATA (in cipher) / STERLING / 520" and "SHREVE, CRUMP / & LOW CO." stamped on bottom.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- H-2.1 W-9.4 D-5.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented to Governor Francis P. Murphy by New Hampshire General Councilors Virgil D. White, Charles M. Dale, Thomas A. Murray, Alvin A. Lucie, George H. Rolfe, and Secretary of State Enoch D. Fuller as a token of esteem upon his leaving office in 1938.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Murphy, Francis P. (1877-1958), White, Virgil D., Dale, Charles M. (1893-1978), Murray, Thomas A., Lucie, Alvin A., Rolfe, George H., Fuller, Enoch D.
- Subjects:
- Cigarettes, Presentation, Depressions, Government
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