Accession Number: 2003.107
Description: Item is a button pin issued as a premium with cigarette packs. It shows a cartoon drawing of a bearded man wearing dark eyeglasses and a hat, with the word "blind" beneath his beard, and the caption "I can't see you." The lettering and illustration are black on a white background. The cartoonist's signature, "RL Goldberg" [Rube Goldberg] appears in the illustration, at left. A cardboard insert on the back identifies the advertiser as "TOKIO Cigarettes, Factory No. 649 1st Dist. N.Y., T.J. Gleason, Brooklyn, N.Y. U.S.A." Slight rust stains along metal rim on back.
Date Made: ca. 1910
Subjects: Blind. Advertising.
Dimension Notes: 7/8 in. diameter
Made: Issued by Tokio Cigarette Co.
Material: Metal, cardboard
Updated: 12/10/2010
