Gee! You're a Bear

Gee! You're a Bear Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Advertising
Additional Images
Gee! You're a Bear back Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Cigarettes
Animals
Text on Button GEE! YOU'RE A BEAR
Image Description

Illustration of a smiling cartoon bear holding one paw up to the viewer.  Black text above illustration on a yellow background.
Back Paper / Back Info

HASSAN CIGARETTES
Factory No. 649
1st Dist N.Y.
W&H CO
Patented
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
Additional Information

Hassan Cigarettes were popular at the turn of the century and known as “The Oriental Smoke” due to their cork tip. As an advertising campaign, several cartoonists were contracted to draw cartoon illustrations for popular phrases of the day such as, “Let’s See What You Got,” or “Gee! You’re a Bear.” Some artists include Harry C. “Bud” Fisher of Mutt and Jeff cartoons, George McManus, Tom McNamara, and Tad Dorgan. Over 250 designs on pinback buttons were given away free with packs of cigarettes from 1910 to the 1930s.
Sources

Keyman Collectibles. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://keymancollectibles.com/pinsbuttons/hassancigarettespremiumpin.htm

Tad Dorgan. (1970, January 01). Retrieved from https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dorgan_t.htm
Catalog ID AD0724