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Cigarette Package: Player's Navy Cut "Mild" (20 cigarettes)

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Item

Date:

1939

Reference:

R2725, Volume number: 14

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3022346

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Jean Morin fonds

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Cigarette Package: Player's Navy Cut "Mild" (20 cigarettes)
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Date(s):

1939

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 reproduction : photomechanical reproduction on wove paper
Support 7.500 x 8.300 cm

Language of material:

English

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Item is an aqua-coloured cigarette package with gold stripes lining its upper and lower ends. The Player's sailor logo is located in the upper left part of the item's recto. The verso features a medallion depicting a castle, as well as the following text: "Manufactured from rich, cool Virginia tobacco / John Player & Sons". The word "England" which follows the "John Player & Sons" has been covered up by a dark blue chain; closer examination reveals lettering beneath the colour., The upper flap of the package carries a seal indicating that its contents are of 20 cigarettes. The seal has been broken vertically down the middle., This cigarette package has not been flattened. The measurements for its depth are of 1.7 cm., The Player's trade mark buoy containing a depiction of a sailor set on an ocean background with two ships dates from 1891., Date for design was provided by Imperial Tobacco Archives.

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in black ink, on inside of package: Aug 13/51 / Crites + Riddell / Order A. 11573 / Word "ENGLAND" blocked out; in pencil: Aug 16/51 / [illegible]; in blue ink, on outside of package insert: 1947;
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artifact

objet façonné
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

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Volume [R2725]

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14 Item no. assigned by LAC 81

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