No. 24, Safety Back in Port... (1st Series) from Canada's Corvettes distributed by Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada to promote Corvette Cigarettes (C270)

1940s
Not on view
From Canada's Corvettes distributed by Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada to promote Corvette Cigarettes (C270). Produced in the 1940s. Two sets in series with 24 cards in each. Tobacco package design features blue photographic image of Canadian warship with text at top and bottom. Card number printed at upper left. Blank back.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: No. 24, Safety Back in Port... (1st Series) from Canada's Corvettes distributed by Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada to promote Corvette Cigarettes (C270)
  • Publisher: Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited (Canadian)
  • Date: 1940s
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 13/16 × 3 15/16 in. (7.2 × 10 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 257,C270.18
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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