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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.

Patented Sept, 1912

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.