Cigarette Tin

Object/Artifact

-

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Cigarette Tin

Entry/Object ID

1979. .055

Description

Rectangular tin "British Consuls" cigarettes. Hinged lid. Navy blue with white lettering. Lid dreads "British Consuls - 'Smoke a fresh cigarette' - Mild, Sweet, Old Virginia" with drawwing of lighted cigarette. Manafacturer's name on cigarette and inside of lid. "W. C. MACDONALD, INC., Montreal." - black letters on gold. Part of excise tax stamp on lid top.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Brown, Isabelle

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jan-79 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Tin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Can

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

cigarette tin

Created By

Garnham, Peter

Create Date

February 16, 1995

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

October 1, 2026