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Cigarette card, Town Hall and City Police Station 1906

Sniders & Abrahams

Registration number

1779383

Artist/maker

Sniders & Abrahams

Title

Cigarette card, Town Hall and City Police Station

Production date

1906

Medium

ink on card

Dimensions (H x W x D)

3.8 x 6.6 cm

Inscriptions

obverse: Town Hall and City Police Station, Melbourne, 1857. verso: EVERY SMOKER / has his own individual / liking as to what is an / IDEAL CIGARETTE / But he images this ideal / from the BEST Cigarette / he has smoked hitherto. / The higher this ideal, the better will it be realised / in / "MILO" / Cigarettes / O. & Co.

Credit line

Purchased, 2020
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Cigarette card, Milo Cigarettes, Melbourne Town Hall, Police Station, 1857, Sniders & Abrahams, 1906

Summary

Cigarette card with illustration of Melbourne Town Hall and the City Police Station from Sniders & Abrahams Views of Victoria, 1857. This series of cards was released in 1906. Sniders & Abrahams was a tobacco and cigar factory located at 8 Drewery Place, Melbourne.