Battleship Texas cigarette box

Object/Artifact

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Battleship Texas Foundation

both parts of 2025.1016.1

both parts of 2025.1016.1

Name/Title

Battleship Texas cigarette box

Entry/Object ID

2025.1016.1

Description

Cigarette box sold by the Battleship Texas museum. Painted with water-soluble paint. Hard plastic feel. Center of lid has a white circular decal of battleship Texas, wrapped with "Battleship Texas" on the top, and "San Jacinto Battleground" on the bottom. Ridged bumpy texture on interior. Similar cigarette boxes date to the 1950s.

Context

The Battleship Texas Museum was operated by the Battleship Texas Commission from 1948 to 1983. She was located at San Jacinto State Park on the Houston Ship Channel.

Collection

Donation (Hunter Miertschin), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

1950 - 1959

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Box

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects