If You Love Me Grin — AD0026 | Busy Beaver Button Museum

Category	Advertising Ice Breakers
Additional Images
Sub Categories	Cigarettes
Text on Button	If you love me grin AMERICAN OVAL CRIMPED SEAM CIGARETTE
Image Description	Blue text on a white background
Back Paper / Back Info	AMERICAN OVAL CRIMPED SEAM CIGARETTE BUTTONS MANUFACTURED BY THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. BADGES & BUTTONS NEWARK, N.J. PAT. JULY-1896
Back Style	Unlocking pin
The Shape	Circle
The Size	7/8 inch
The Manufacturer	Whitehead & Hoag Co.
Additional Information	The American Tobacco Company was one of the first cigarette companies to give away badges and buttons. The “Oval” cigarette described the means in which the cigarette was pressed, with most of the tobacco being in the middle of the cigarette.
Sources	Stcharles, F.K. (1983). The sale and manufacture of oval cigarettes. Retrieved from http://tobaccodocuments.org/ahf/97615.html
Catalog ID	AD0026