Cavalier King Size, WLD
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Tupper Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Translucent plastic two-piece box. "Cavalier / KING SIZE" printed in red with image of cavalier; initials of Willis L. Dixon "WLD" printed in blue. Box can hold one cigarette pack.
label: Description
content: In the mid-twentieth century, cigarette companies were sponsors of many state medical society meetings. The practice continued until the 1964 U.S. Surgeon General's report on the health risks of smoking and tobacco use helped put an end to the decades-long relationship between tobacco companies and the medical profession.
label: Description
content: This Cavalier cigarette box was presented to Dr. Willis L. Dixon, possibly at a Michigan State Medical Society meeting in the 1950s or early 1960s. (See related cigarette cases, 2008.3062.01 - .03, presented to his wife, Ruth K Dixon, at the Michigan State Medical Society annual meetings in 1959, 1960, and 1963.) The "king size" Cavalier brand was introduced by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1949.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Family of Willis L. and Ruth K. Dixon, through Mark E. Dixon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.3062.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 2008.3062
label: catalog number
content: 2008.3062.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cigarette box
label: Object Name
content: box, cigarette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.0325 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.5 cm x 6.1 cm x 2.9 cm; 3 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in