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Title

Du Maurier - The Filter Tip Cigarette

Object Name

Showcard

Maker

Gallaher Limited (Primary maker)

Description

Gallaher Collection; DU MAURIER showcard. 'Du Maurier - The Filter Tip Cigarette No Bits in the Mouth.' Fold-out stand at back for counter display. The Du Maurier cigarette was launched in 1903 by Peter Jackson Ltd. after the actor Gerald du Maurier had made requests for 'a cigarette less irritating to his throat.' Peter Jackson were a subsidiary of the International Tobacco Co., which was taken over by Gallaher Ltd. in 1934.

Materials

paper

Place Collected


Date Collected

2001
2001

Catalogue Number

BELUM.W2011.346