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    Lost no more allusred's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by stonecutter2 View Post
    The box states it's a classic reproduction of the Lucky Strike green package, so that's repro

    But yeah, Luckies were green *until the war.

    *EDIT: Found a snopes article all about Luckies during WWII. Apparently they changed from green to white packages, claiming a war need for green dye, but probably was a marketing thing.
    Lucky Strike Logo Color Change : snopes.com
    Haviing read the above, concentrated a bit more... have to admit that I really can't recall Lucky Strikes coming in a cardboard package at any time.
    Nor can I remember seeing cartons of Lucky Strikes, back when they were green.
    It's the tins I remember most my Grandfather kept a stack of them in his Humidor along with some Cigars and pipe tobaccos.
    My Father smoked Chesterfields and Cigars. Only memories of my Grandfather smoking are of Pipes and rarely cigarettes or Between The Acts.
    Tho I know he had some Perfectos and Panatellas in that Humidor.

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    This image is one I've posted before on Cigar Bum.
    Posting it now because I think there's one item in the picture that relates to the "period" items mentioned in this thread.
    On the right in the picture, below the open match box. s



    This Match safe is one of only a few items I have in any way related to smoking some time ago.
    This belonged to my Grandfather who was a Pipe Smoker, Cigar smoker...and a Cigarette smoker.
    He had and used this Match safe in 1878-1879, prior to going to work with Edison the following year.
    It does have some age on it now.
    The ashtray is the one I have used since 1973.
    Last edited by allusred; 11-20-2015 at 12:20 PM.

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