Larchmont Yacht Club
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: American Tobacco Company
notes: label: Description
content: Larchmont 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: Larchmont is a members only yacht club in Larchmont Harbor in Westchester County, New York. It was founded in 1880 on Horseshoe Harbor, moving to Larchmont in 1887. It hosts an annual race week on Long Island Sound.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Larchmont
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: 1999.3052.094
label: nonaccession number
content: 1999.3052
label: catalog number
content: 1999.3052.094
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk
label: Object Name
content: tobacco silk
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