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This was a type of card given with a pack of cigarettes circa 1890. Sweet Caporal cigarettes sold for $.05 a pack of ten. A smoker had to keep inhaling on them or they would go out; not like the type today that burn down to the end. The picture is…

Russo's Restaurant was located on Waltham St.

A brass table lighter, base is missing. The lighter was found in 1966 at the site of the Puffer Homestead on Puffer Road, now part of the Assabet Wildlife Sanctuary.

A metal windproof cigarette lighter.

These cigarettes were sold in the 1910's for a nickel a pack, 10 cigarettes.
This pack was found in the wall of a house at 23 Walnut St. that was built in 1914.