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139. Ghost Cigarette and associated ephemera. New Haven, Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1930. Framed collage includes apparatus for this lit cigarette through handkerchief trick, as well as advertising and directions for performing the trick. The center of the display includes the original copper printing plate used to produce ads and catalog pages for the trick. 23 ¼ x 21”. Glass in need of replacement, otherwise fine.


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Date:
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