Museum number:

APM 29.312

Subcollection:

labels and tobacco wrappers

Title:

cigarette box

Keyword:

entree of a building, "CITY CLUB"

Description:

Sigarettendoosje van papier (opengevouwen) bedrukt in zwart en grijstinten met centraal de portiek van een sociëteit met eronder "CITY CLUB CIGARETTES", geheel bovenaan "MEDIUM", op de smalle zijden "10 CITY CLUB 10", achterzijde "CITY CLUB VIRGINIA CIGARETTES BLENDED WITH OTHER CHOICE TOBACCOS IF YOU ARE A LITTLE MORE PARTICULAR THAN MOST PEOPLE, YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE COOL SMOOTHNESS OF CITY CLUB CIGARETTES. THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS – PERFECTED BY EXPERIENCE AND APPLIED WITH SKILL- IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO ENRICH AND INCREASE THE ALREADY FINE FLAVOUR OF TOBACCOS OF CARE QUALITY BY REMOVING EVERY TRACE OF HEAT AND IMPURITY. ", aan de basis adres "ST. JAMES’S TOBACCO CO., LTD. SUCCESSORS TO A. 7 M. WIX 3, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.1". Keerzijde onbedrukt.

Date:

Period 1930 - 1950


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight2.83 in (7.2 cm)
Width7.01 in (17.8 cm)
Characteristics
Materialcardboard (paper)
Techniqueprinted
Finish inkt, zwart
Traces of use gebruikt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalLondon (district)
TownLondon
Maker St. Jame's Tobacco Co. Ltd.
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Groningen, verzameling Klaas Homan, <1980-1999

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