Card, cigarette

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OBJECT TYPE: TRICK CYCLISTS
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1792.025

MANUFACTURER: Gail, G.W. & Ax, American Tobacco Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 25
Total Parts: 25
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 10.5 cm
Width: 6.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Gail
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Maryland
City: Baltimore

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION. AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CYCLING, & ITS PREVALENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE - IN CANADA AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY.
Function: DISTRIBUTED IN PKGS OF TOBACCO IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF THAT BRAND OF TOBACCO. CARDS WOULD BE COLLECTED BY BUYERS OF THE TOBACCO.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON FRONT: "SLACKROPE/ RIDING"/ `25/BICYCLE AND TRICK/ RIDERS/ PACKED IN/ Gail & Ax's/ NAVY LONG/ CUT/ The best SMOKING/ AND CHEWING TOBACCO./ MANUFACTURED BY/ G.W. Gail & Ax,/ THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.,/ SUCCESSOR,/ BALTIMORE, MD.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CREAM COLOUR WITH BLUE PRINTING ON BACK & COLOUR PRINTED PICTURES ON FRONT/ SOME SHOW DISCOLOURATION ON BACK, PROBABLY DUE TO ACIDITY OR WATER DAMAGE
Decoration: PICTURE OF YOUNG WOMAN RIDING BICYCLE/ SHOWS `ORDINARY' BICYCLE

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Gail, G.W. & Ax, American Tobacco Co., Card, cigarette, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.1792, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1792.025/

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