Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2952
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
2 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Description:
A white, black and gold cardboard box that once held ten cigarettes. The front has a portrait of a man with a curly white wig and reads "Old Judge/ Cigarettes/ Goodwin & Co. New York/ Decision/ Seldom Equaled -Never Excelled." On the reverse is a tax revenue stamp for the year 1883 but stamped in red with a second dates that appears to be "1888".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
