Burnt Offerings

March 15, 2005 12:15 PM

Cigarettes from a time gone by. "A collection of quaint cigarette packs, boxes, tins and advertising" We had candy cigarettes in January, now the real thing.
posted by caddis (9 comments total)

Some nice stuff here! Thanks, caddis.
posted by 327.ca at 12:17 PM on March 15, 2005

Oh, and I'm glad to see he posted a link to this site also. I first saw this years ago and lost the address. The web design is a bit hinky but the resource is awesome!
posted by 327.ca at 12:21 PM on March 15, 2005

I notice the famous Camel pack is in there too.
posted by Eekacat at 1:28 PM on March 15, 2005

Interesting post about cigarettes being erased out of history… "Last Cigarette."
posted by thomcatspike at 1:49 PM on March 15, 2005

In college, I smoked unfiltered Lucky Strikes, which were $.25 a pack at the student union. My roommate brought a pack he got from his father that had the green label shown on this website and dared me to smoke the ancient pack on a bet. They were a bit dry, but the best tasting Luckies I ever had.

Thanks caddis for the link. Lucky for me, I quit 19 years ago.
posted by Enron Hubbard at 1:54 PM on March 15, 2005

I think it's right that there appears to be a big pile of shit on the Old Gold pack. I'd always suspected they were using additives.
posted by underer at 2:32 PM on March 15, 2005

the navigation on that site is completely for shit.
posted by crunchland at 2:44 PM on March 15, 2005

Flintstones [real player]
posted by seanyboy at 4:55 PM on March 15, 2005

Frustratingly small pictures, but a classy gallery.

Slight derail: are Lucky Strikes still considered the coolest/best cigs, and are Old Gold still the dominant shitgarettes?
posted by NickDouglas at 5:33 PM on March 15, 2005