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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1025 a,b
- Description
- Two empty “CAMEL TURKISH & DOMESTIC BLEND CIGARETTES” cigarette packages. Each package front has a camel standing infront of pyramids and palm trees. Each package back has writing above a Middle-Eastern streetscape.
- Title
- Cigarette Box
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Two empty “CAMEL TURKISH & DOMESTIC BLEND CIGARETTES” cigarette packages. Each package front has a camel standing infront of pyramids and palm trees. Each package back has writing above a Middle-Eastern streetscape.
- Subject
- smoking
- Camel
- Dave “Jackie” White
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1025 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; ink; parchment
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1060
- Description
- a box that once contained cigarettes; it’s empty except for a folded piece of parchment. The box is covered with a light brown, heavily textured paper made to resemble leather. There is a paper hinge for opening and closing and a piece of white paper glued onto the top of the box with green letter…
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- Title
- Cigarette Box
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; ink; parchment
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 7.1 cm
- Description
- a box that once contained cigarettes; it’s empty except for a folded piece of parchment. The box is covered with a light brown, heavily textured paper made to resemble leather. There is a paper hinge for opening and closing and a piece of white paper glued onto the top of the box with green lettering: in the left hand top corner “BY APPOINTMENT TO”, the royal insignia underneath, and below that “HIS MAJESTY THE KING”; printed diagonally across “20 STRAIGHT CUT 20” right hand “MANUFACTURED BY BENSON AND HEDGES (CANADA) LIMITED” and across the bottom “LONDON MONTREAL NEW YORK” and on the other side of the cover another piece of white paper glued on with exactly the same information “BY APPOINTMENT TO”, the royal insignia underneath “HIS MAJESTY THE KING”, diagonally across “20 STRAIGHT CUT 20” right hand “MANUFACTURED BY BENSON AND HEDGES (CANADA) LIMITED and across the bottom “LONDON MONTREAL NEW YORK”. Previous to opening, the box had a grey and white stamp sealing it shut (it is now in two pieces because it has been opened) ”20” in both top corners. An arc “CANADA” a larger (1.0Cm) “20” with the word “CIGARETTES “ printed inside a rectangular box; on the the bottom”CIGARETTES” underneath “SERIES 1915”.
- Credit
- Gift of Joan Boyd for Dorothy Boyce (Estate), Banff, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1060
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal, copper; metal, brass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0064
- Description
- A wooden box with a hinged lid that is overlaid with brass and inlaid with copper in a geometric design. Written in black ink on the bottom is “P.A. Moore” (Philip Augustus Moore). The copper inlay is shifting and oxidizing. The wood frame is shifting and warping, and the wood is stained.
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- Title
- Cigarette Box
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal, copper; metal, brass; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 9.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden box with a hinged lid that is overlaid with brass and inlaid with copper in a geometric design. Written in black ink on the bottom is “P.A. Moore” (Philip Augustus Moore). The copper inlay is shifting and oxidizing. The wood frame is shifting and warping, and the wood is stained.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0064
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- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0127
- Description
- A rectangular wooden box with a fitted lid. The lid is decorated with a carved with chrysanthemum and leaf design. The piece is finished with varnish. There is some slight chipping.
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- Title
- Cigarette Box
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 8.5 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular wooden box with a fitted lid. The lid is decorated with a carved with chrysanthemum and leaf design. The piece is finished with varnish. There is some slight chipping.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0127
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; plastic; tobacco
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0082
- Description
- Sealed package of cigarettes. The box is yellow with red stripe bordered in gold and a red sketch of a man wearing a neck ruffle and hat with feather on a gold background. The brand is “RALEIGH” and the package also says “con filtro” [with filter] on the front. On one side the package reads: “ MARC…
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- Title
- Cigarette Box
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; plastic; tobacco
- Dimensions
- 7.6 x 4.7 cm
- Description
- Sealed package of cigarettes. The box is yellow with red stripe bordered in gold and a red sketch of a man wearing a neck ruffle and hat with feather on a gold background. The brand is “RALEIGH” and the package also says “con filtro” [with filter] on the front. On one side the package reads: “ MARCA REGISTRADA PROPIRDAD DE [registered trademark owned by: the modern S.A. Made in Mexico by] : EMPRESAS LA MODERNA, S.A. HECHO EN MEXICO POUR: CIG. LA MODERNA, S.A. DE C. V. F. I. MADERO No. 2750 PTE. MONTERREY, N.L.” On the other side text reads: “LA S.S.A. ADVIERTE: ESTE PRODUCTO PUEDE SER NOCIVO PARA LA SALUD REG. S. S. A. NO. 87867 N” [LA S.S.A. WARN: THIS PRODUCT MAY BE HARMFUL TO HEALTH REG. S. S. A. NO. 87867 N]. The package is sealed with a paper seal that reads “CIGARROS MEXICO CORTESIA IMPUESTO 1c”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0082
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- Date
- 1965
- Material
- metal; paint; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1065
- Description
- A hinged flat Player’s cigarette box made out of metal. It was commonly known as a Players Flat 50. The box is light blue with gold and red edging. The Players logo (a white life preserver with red lettering “PLAYERS NAVY CUT” with a seaman in the centre, and the sea and two sailing ships beyond, i…
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- Title
- Cigarette Box
- Date
- 1965
- Material
- metal; paint; paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 10.10 cm
- Description
- A hinged flat Player’s cigarette box made out of metal. It was commonly known as a Players Flat 50. The box is light blue with gold and red edging. The Players logo (a white life preserver with red lettering “PLAYERS NAVY CUT” with a seaman in the centre, and the sea and two sailing ships beyond, is in the left corner, “Players” in black and red script, and “NAVY CUT CIGARETTES “MEDIUM” “ in the right hand corner. There is a remnant of the paper excise tax stamp in black and white. On the top part of the gold-coloured bottom in black writing “OPENING RIBBON” and then an arrow pointing right followed by “PAT’D 1934-35” and on the bottom “MANUFACTURED BY IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED, MONTREAL, CANADA SUCCESSOR TO JOHN PLAYER 7 SONS, ENGLAND. The inside top cover has the Players logo (a life preserver with black lettering “PLAYERS NAVY CUT” with a seaman in the centre, the sea and two sailing ships beyond, is in the left corner, “Players” in black script, and “NAVY CUT CIGARETTES “MEDIUM” ”. There are two pieces of silver paper with white backing inside the cigarette box.
- Subject
- pastime
- habit
- smoking
- Bill Peyto
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1065
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