Richmond Straight Cut cigarettes - plain or cork tip black & white advertisement; tear sheet

Object Details

See more items in: N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records; N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records / Series 2: Proof Sheets / Richmond Straight Cut Cigarettes tobacco

Collection Citation: NW Ayer & Sons, incorporated Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection Rights: Publication and production quality duplication is restricted due to complex copyright, publicity rights, and right to privacy issues. Potential users must receive written permission from appropriate rights holders prior to obtaining high quality copies. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scope and Contents: Cartoon of a several gentlemen and laborers in mid-19th Century clothing on a wharf with a steamship in the background. One man says to two others "... thanks to Coleman Fairfax, just retruned from Richmond, we had our first smoke of a genuine Virginia cigarette."

Collection Restrictions: The collection is open for research use. Physical Access: Researchers must use microfilm copy. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audiovisual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow. Technical Access: Viewing the film portion of the collection without reference copies requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to audio discs requires special arrangement. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.