Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Cloth
Overall: 5 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (13.3 × 7.9 cm)
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
2002.1.2651
DescriptionA red cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a carpet with faded red fringe. Given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen. Part of a college collectible series-printed in the center with a scene of a man playing ice hockey surrounded in each corner by two pennants marked "Colgate", the letter "C" and the school symbol and crest.ClassificationsLANDAUER COLLECTION OF BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING EPHEMERA
Collections
- Business and Advertising Ephemera: The Bella C. Landauer Collection
