Trade card for Hassan cigarettes, "Light House Series"

trade card

Trade card for Hassan cigarettes, "Light House Series"; color lithograph Plum Island Light off Orient Point, Long Island, NY; on back is printed a history of the lighthouse, and advertisement for Hassan cork tip cigarettes, "The Oriental Smoke/ THE LARGEST SELLING/ BRAND OF CIGARETTES IN AMERICA." Companion card to 2003.4.18. Fred Calabretta notes: Lighthouses have always been popular maritime symbols, largely because of their important function of contributing to the safety of ships. The Plum Island Light was located near the end of Long Island, New York.