Tobacco card, Lighthouse series, Plum Island Light

tobacco card

EPHEMERA
American Tobacco Co.; Hassan Cigarettes
USA, NY, Long Island, Orient Point
1911
paper
overall: 2-1/2 x 3-1/4 in.

Tobacco card, Lighthouse series by American Tobacco Co. for Hassan Cigarettes (T77); Plum Island Light, number 31 in the series; color drawing on front depicting Plum Island Light and background scenery; surrounded by thin black frame line and white border; printed on front "PLUM ISL. LIGHT"; printed on back "LIGHT HOUSE SERIES 1 TO 50/ PLUM ISLAND LIGHT./ Plum Island Light is on the shoal/ off Orient Point, the extreme north-/ easterly end of Long Island, N. Y./ Has a fixed red incandescent oil vapor/ light. Height 74 3/4 feet. Visible 16-1/2/ miles. Established 1827. Rebuilt/ 1870. Its fog signal is a bell struck/ by macninery every 15 seconds." and "HASSAN/ CORK/ TIP/ CIGARETTES/ The Oriental Smoke/ THE LARGEST SELLING BRAND/ OF CIGARETTES IN AMERICA./ FACTORY No. 30 2D. 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).

2003.82.9