- Date
- 1953 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0022
- Description
- Flat rectangular light yellow “State Express” cigarette tin that would hold twenty cigarettes. There is a gold border at the edge and gold lettering with a purple crest and banners. The inside of the lid reads “By appointment ...Cigarette manufacturers to the late George VI.”
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- Title
- Cigarette Tin
- Date
- 1953 – 1965
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 7.1 x 8.8 cm
- Description
- Flat rectangular light yellow “State Express” cigarette tin that would hold twenty cigarettes. There is a gold border at the edge and gold lettering with a purple crest and banners. The inside of the lid reads “By appointment ...Cigarette manufacturers to the late George VI.”
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0022
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0023
- Description
- A flat rectangular light blue “Sweet Caporal” cigarette tin with a lid that would hold fifty cigarettes. The tin has a gold border along the edges, red and black lettering and a multi-coloured striped trademark (Kinney Bros). A blue paper excise stamp is attached on the left side of the front and …
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- Title
- Cigarette Tin
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 11.0 x 14.9 cm
- Description
- A flat rectangular light blue “Sweet Caporal” cigarette tin with a lid that would hold fifty cigarettes. The tin has a gold border along the edges, red and black lettering and a multi-coloured striped trademark (Kinney Bros). A blue paper excise stamp is attached on the left side of the front and lid.
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0023
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potentially offensive content.
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