Tobacco card, Lighthouse series, Cape Flattery Light

tobacco card

EPHEMERA
American Tobacco Co.; Hassan Cigarettes
USA, WA, Tatoosh Island
1911
paper
overall: 2-1/2 x 3-1/4 in.

Tobacco card, Lighthouse series by American Tobacco Co. for Hassan Cigarettes (T77); Cape Flattery Light, no. 13 in the series; color drawing on front depicting Cape Flattery Light and background scenery; surrounded by thin black frame line and white border; printed on front "CAPE FLATTERY LIGHT"; printed on back "LIGHT HOUSE SERIES 1 TO 50/ CAPE FLATTERY LIGHT./ On Tatoosh Island, seacoast of/ Washington, 1/2 mile northeasterly of/ Cape Flattery, southerly side of the/ entrance to Juan de Frica (sic) Strait./ Has fixed white oil light with red/ sector. It is 155 feet above mean high/ water and is visible 22 miles. Estab-/ lished in 1857. Its fog signal is a 12-/ inch steam whistle; blasts 8 seconds." and "HASSAN/ CORK/ TIP/ CIGARETTES/ The Oriental Smoke/ THE LARGEST SELLING BRAND/ OF CIGARETTES IN AMERICA./ FACTORY No. 649 1ST. DIST.N.Y." "This series contains attractive drawings of 48 lighthouses in coastal locations around the country, plus the Statue of Liberty and a card depicting early coastal signaling methods. The lighthouses are mostly in the East, but there are a few (such as Tillamook Light) from the West Coast. The backs contain information abou the lighthouse, the sound of its signal and the year it was established. The series was distributed from two factories in early 1911" (American Tobacco Cards Price Guide & Checklist, by Robert Forbes & Terence Mitchell, 1999).

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