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Title |
Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes "Medium" Box, c. 1941-1945 |
Object Name |
Cigarette |
Description |
Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes "Medium" Box, c. 1941-1945. Rectangular cardboard box. The top is printed with a circular medallion with the text reading, "PLAYER'S / NAVY CUT" on a floating ring. Inside ring is a portrait bust of a bearded man wearing blue sailors gear and a hat with the word "HERO" on brim. Beneath medallion is an ocean scene with a lighthouse and a ship. Text over the ocean reads, "CIGARETTES / "MEDIUM"". The bottom has a green background and text reading, "Manufactured from / RICH.COOL / NAVY CUT TOBACCO...". Around text is a rope border and a oval shaped logo at the top. The left sides reads, "20 CIGARETTES 20" and the right side reads "JOHN PLAYER & SONS..." both on green backgrounds. The top side reads "DUTY FREE / H.M. SHIPS ONLY" in a navy font. Box is full of cigarettes. The box is wrapped in cellophane that is slightly opened at one side. |
Date |
c. 1941-1945 |
Creator |
John Player and Sons, Nottingham, England |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2000.021.011 |
Dimensions |
H-3.25 W-2.875 D-0.75 inches |
Collection |
3D - Personal Gear |
Inscription Text |
"PLAYER'S / NAVY CUT / CIGARETTES / "MEDIUM"" (Printed on front of box); "TRADE MARK / NOTTM CASTLE / Manufactured from / RICH,COOL / NAVY CUT TOBACCO / John Player & Sons, / ENGLAND. / NAVY CUT / MEDIUM" (Printed on back of box); "John Player & Sons, / THE CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE ARE THE GOODS / OF THE SUCCESSORS TO JOHN PLAYER & SONS, ENGLAND." (Printed on right side of box); "20 CIGARETTES 20" (Printed on left side of box); "DUTY FREE / H.M. SHIPS ONLY" (Printed on top side of box) |
Provenance |
From WWII (Navy). |
Notes |
"John Player Navy Cut cigarettes are one of the most recognisable brands of John Player and Sons and parent company Imperial Tobacco. The international popularity of the brand meant that the Nottingham castle trademark, used on the reverse of this packet, became the most viewed image of a castle in the world in the first half of the 20th century..." [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/eRnMnxhlRDCCbkYa29wLKg 8/4/2015] "WWII Americans loved to smoke cigarettes. Who could blame them? Movie stars smoked. The president smoked. The heroes fighting the enemy overseas smoked..." [http://www.americainwwii.com/articles/smoke-em-if-you-got-em/ 8/4/2015] |
Search Terms |
Cigarette Boxes Cigarettes Navy Ships World War II World War Two |
Subjects |
Cigarette industry Cigarettes Navies World War II |
Credit line |
SMCHA Collection |