Collection Highlights
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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cigarette pack
Object Number:
2002.1.2958
Date:
1952
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 × 2 1/8 × 7/8 in. (7 × 5.4 × 2.2 cm)
Description:
A white pack of cigarettes with white stars on a blue field and a photo portrait of Adlai Stevenson on the front surrounded by the phrase "Stevenson For President". The side also reads "Stevenson For President" in blue. The reverse reads in blue and red "Stevenson/ for President/ Cigarettes/ Tobacco Blending Corporation/ Louisville 1, Ky". Still sealed with 20 unfiltered cigarettes inside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
