Pack

Object Name:

Pack

Object ID:

1992.063.491

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1905-1930

Description:

Unused pack of cigarettes, Universal Tobacco Company, New York, NY. Ten cigarettes in pale yellow paperboard box, matchbox type. Box printed in blue, red, and gold. Front: "SOVEREIGN / [image of liberty cap and two heraldic shields] / QUALITE SUPERIEURE. / BLENDED BY / BUTLER-BUTLER / NEW YORK, U.S.A." Left side: "ABSOLUTELY PURE." Right side: "MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES / SOLELY BY THE / UNIVERSAL TOBACCO COMPANY, / NEW YORK, U.S.A." Back: "THESE CIGARETTES / ARE MADE FROM THE / CHOICEST SELECTIONS OF / WELL RIPENED TOBACCOS"; also a legal statement and a green tax stamp; stamp imprinted "U. T. Co., / Factory No. 147, / 2d Dist., N. Y. / Jan. 1, 1902."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-0.7 W-1.8 L-2.8 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068).

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Liberty cap, Shields (Heraldry)