Subject: Tobacco products

A commercially painted cigar box for Bayuk Philadelphia Handmade Perfecto cigars. The tin box has two sections and was likely used for store display. The box dates from around 1900, based on the donor's information.

This trade card advertises P. Whitlock, a tobacco merchant in Richmond, Virginia. The front of the card is shaped like an artist's palette with a little girl holding a red and black paintbrush in the center. The card has a yellow border. The verso is blank. [The Whitlock family was an early Jewish family in Virginia.]