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November 29, 2010
Cigarette Pack Charms
Two Eppy miniature Tareyton cigarette packs via The Mule Wagon Antiques & Collectibles
Among the charms made to resemble tiny packages, cigarettes figure prominently. Some of these were kid’s vending machine charms, of the type we featured last Friday…
9 cigarette pack charms from Eureka Gumball Charm Nirvana
Not the sort of toys today’s parents would encourage their children to play with, but no surprise that toys like these would be around in the late 1950s and early 60s. (In those days, candy cigarette packs and the like were considered culturally acceptable products for children playing grown up.)
Other, earlier cigarette pack charms seem to have been intended for an older demographic…
Charm bracelet and charms via: WorthPoint.com
“American teenagers in the 1950s and early 1960s collected charms to record the events in their lives.”
Wikipedia entry on “Charm Bracelets”
If such charms were intended to commemorate significant teenage events, one has to wonder, “What milestones were being commemorated here?” Learning to smoke? Changing brands?
(More examples, after the fold…)
Top: a cigarette charms sick pin (via: Worthpoint.com); middle: a collection of cigarette pack buttons (via: Jen Spinner); bottom: a dancing cigarette pack charm bracelet (via: HawaiiBeads2 Etsy shop)
Regarding the bottom photo of the dancing cigarette packs bracelet: as far as I know, the only brand actually known for a dancing cigarette pack campaign was “Old Gold.” (See: Packaging Costumes)
(See also: Packaging Jewelry)
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