Rochester Yacht Club
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: American Tobacco Company
notes: label: Description
content: Rochester Yacht Club tobacco felt (or tobacco flannel.)
label: Description
content: Tobacco felts, or more appropriately, tobacco flannels, were collectibles available to purchasers of tobacco products between 1900-1920. Like related premiums as cards and silks, felts could represent a variety of interests, in this case, yachting.
label: Description
content: The Rochester Yacht Club was first organized in 1877 in Rochester, New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: yacht club
label: Subject
content: yachting
label: Subject
content: Sailing
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.3052.101
label: nonaccession number
content: 1999.3052
label: catalog number
content: 1999.3052.101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk
label: Object Name
content: tobacco silk, collegiate
label: Object Name
content: silk, tobacco
label: Object Name
content: tobacco felt, collegiate
label: Object Name
content: tobacco felt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.5 cm x 11.1 cm; 1 3/4 in x 4 3/8 in