Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Store display/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.3639
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
11 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.
Description:
A metal cigar display stand and mechanical cigar cutter embossed on the top with a smiling cat surrounded by the words "Ask For/ Mr. Thomas'/ 5 Cent Cigar/ Ruhe Bros. Co./ Makers/ Factory No. 956 1ST District PA." Two holes on the top are for inserting the tip of a cigar, while a key on the side turns a spring loaded blade for clipping the tips off the cigars. A metal tube at the rear would have held a cigar for display.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
