High Admiral Cigarettes

High Admiral Cigarettes Advertising Button Museum
Category
Advertising
Additional Images
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Sub Categories
Animals
Cigarettes
Illustrations
Birds
Text on Button A CLEAN SWEEP HIGH ADMIRAL CIGARETTES
Image Description

A rooster holding a broom upside-down and crowing with red text curving about the circumference.
Back Paper / Back Info

Lapel style with WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. PAT APP'D FOR NEWARK, N.J. engraved.
Back Style
Lapel stud
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
The Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
Additional Information

High Admiral Cigarettes are a brand owned by The National Cigarette and Tobacco Company.  Their flagship brand, Admiral, was first marketed in 1883.  Other brands produced by the company included: Royal Sweets, Opera Lights and Yellow Kid.  Known for their outrageous publicity stunts and forward thinking marketing, National was eventually absorbed into American Tobacco.
Catalog ID AD0242