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Text on Button | GOOD NIGHT! |
Image Description | White text on a red background |
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THE PERFECTION CIGARETTES Factory No.42 4th District N.C. PHELPS & SONS MFG. CO. NEWARK, N.J. |
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Additional Information | Perfection Cigarettes are a brand of Allen & Ginter which was a tobacco manufacturer out of Richmond Virginia in 1865. In 1890, Allen & Ginter along with four other manufacturers joined forces to form the American Tobacco Company. While many cigarette brands issued pinback buttons as purchase incentives in the 1890s-1910s, Perfection Cigarettes are the only brand to issue exclusively red and blue text-only buttons with phrases of popular phrases of the day such as, “Good Night!” |
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Perfection Cigarettes. (1916, May 31). Retrieved June 26, 2020, from https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6616901/perfection-cigarettes/ Porter, P. (1969). Origins of the American Tobacco Company. Business History Review, 43(1), 59-76. doi:10.2307/3111987 Whitaker, R. (2001). I'm The Guy. Retrieved June 26, 2020, from http://www.enolagaia.com/ImTheGuy.html |
Catalog ID | AD0805 |