Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.078
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Can, Tobacco
Title:
Flat Red Tobacco Tin w/ Hinged Lid
Date:
1930
Description:
Red, flask shaped, tobacco can with hinged lid.
Inscription:
Front of can: "VELVET / PIPE & CIGARETTE TOBACCO / LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
Back of can: " VELVET / PIPE & CIGARETTE TOBACCO / IS MADE FROM THE FINEST KENTUCKY…/ MILD & MELLOW / MANUFACTURED BY LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. / MADE IN U.S.A."
Sides of can: "FACTORY NO. 74 FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF MISSOURI…" Notice on each side of can "A. C. CO. 70—A"
Notes:
Tin saved & used as storage tin by Thomas S. Parke. Essentially used as recycled container.
Search Terms:
Home Life
Personal Belonging
Recreation
Store
Bar
Vice
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