Showing posts with label Smoking sticks cases and trays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smoking sticks cases and trays. Show all posts

Monday, July 2, 2012

R. Mars The Contract Co. ash tray

From an old contractor company, based on what seems like a single digit zip code (if anyone can clear that up please elaborate) it seems probably from the 30's or 40's.
It seems they had offices in D.C. New York, and Baltimore.
The text on the tray is painted on the bottom and reads: "Everything for home hotel institution."

I'm not sure why that wide net of advertising intention seems odd today. I mean it isn't odd for all those groups to be buying the same sort of item, what seems strange I guess is that you never see one single piece of advertising aimed at the home, hotel, AND institution.




Drunk and Confused ash tray

Probably from the 30's or 40's when there were still operators and nickel peanut machines, this poor old drunken dude just doesn't know whats going on. 

I really like the double eye thing, I think that is how you were able to draw "drunk" once upon a time. 


Cigarette / cigar or just party purse.

As near as I can tell this is a little purse for either holding a couple cigarettes, maybe a cigar and a few dollars I suppose. I guess it is just a party purse, I would guess from the 50's but I have no way to be sure, anybody seen one before?