{"id":443,"date":"2023-03-20T13:12:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/?p=443"},"modified":"2023-03-20T13:15:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:15:19","slug":"443","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/2023\/03\/20\/443\/","title":{"rendered":"Cigarette Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In the early 1900s, small leather or paper cards were gifts in cigarette packages. This came from the increasing popularity and competition of cigarette sales. Including a prize enticed buyers and interested collectors would try to obtain all the cards in a particular series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cards were small, around 2 \u00bd\u201d by 2\u201d. One series featured college and university seals embossed on leather. A collection of these cards was stitched together at some point and backed with black felt to make a large quilt square, featuring different university seals in a variety of colors. The Alfred University seal appears in the top row, fourth from the left. This type of artifact reveals the change in relationship we have had with cigarette sales and packaging as years have gone on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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