- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0024
- Description
- A rectangular yellow “Millbank Straight Cut” cigarette tin with lid. The tin has black lettering and a border design, with a red stripe in the centre with “100 CIGARETTES 100.” A torn paper excise stamp is attached to the front right corner. The base bears a warning concerning the use of tin, an…
1 image
- Title
- Cigarette Tin
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 7.8 x 16.8 cm
- Description
- A rectangular yellow “Millbank Straight Cut” cigarette tin with lid. The tin has black lettering and a border design, with a red stripe in the centre with “100 CIGARETTES 100.” A torn paper excise stamp is attached to the front right corner. The base bears a warning concerning the use of tin, and there is illegible, faded handwriting on the lid.
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0024
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0026
- Description
- Red “Rothman's Pall Mall” cigarette tin with a hinged lid. The tin lid has gold borders along the edges, black and white lettering, and a picture of two men in frock coats standing before a tall column. There is advertising copy inside the tin.
1 image
- Title
- Cigarette Tin
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 11.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Red “Rothman's Pall Mall” cigarette tin with a hinged lid. The tin lid has gold borders along the edges, black and white lettering, and a picture of two men in frock coats standing before a tall column. There is advertising copy inside the tin.
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0026
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; paper; leaf, tobacco
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0027
- Description
- A “Capt Wright's” cigarette tin with a hinged lid that is white with a gold border along the edges. The lid has black lettering, and a blue U.S. excise stamp. The inside surface of the lid bears an advertising image and a distributor's label “A thinker's choice, S.S. Pierce Co. Boston” and the ba…
1 image
- Title
- Cigarette Tin
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal; paper; leaf, tobacco
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 11.0 x 14.2 cm
- Description
- A “Capt Wright's” cigarette tin with a hinged lid that is white with a gold border along the edges. The lid has black lettering, and a blue U.S. excise stamp. The inside surface of the lid bears an advertising image and a distributor's label “A thinker's choice, S.S. Pierce Co. Boston” and the base has a warning regarding the use of tin. The tin is filled with original cigarettes wrapped with silver foil lining.
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0027
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.