If You Love Me Grin

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Text on Button If you love me grin AMERICAN OVAL CRIMPED SEAM CIGARETTE
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Blue text on a white background

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AMERICAN OVAL CRIMPED SEAM CIGARETTE
BUTTONS MANUFACTURED BY
THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.
BADGES & BUTTONS
NEWARK, N.J.
PAT. JULY-1896

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The American Tobacco Company was one of the first cigarette companies to give away badges and buttons.  The “Oval” cigarette described the means in which the cigarette was pressed, with most of the tobacco being in the middle of the cigarette. 

Sources

Stcharles, F.K. (1983). The sale and manufacture of oval cigarettes. Retrieved from http://tobaccodocuments.org/ahf/97615.html

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