Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tobacco premium
Object Number:
2002.1.2760
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 x 2 in.
Description:
A black woven silk ribbon with fine gold top and bottom border lines and a red flag with a gold crescent around a gold star next to a white symbol with radiating dots above the word "Turkey/ Standard" in gold and silver. One in a series of collectible ribbons featuring Flags and Standards of the World. Given as a collectible premium by cigarette manufacturers, a paper label on the reverse reads "The American Tobacco Co., Inc./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.