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Object Number
12-61-70/10861.1.4644
Display Title
People making cigarettes by hand in "Compania General"
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Industries / 39-k 4 Hand making of cigarettes in the "Compania General de Tabacos / de Filipinos.' on leaving work for the day each workman or work / woman is searched for hidden tobacco / Tobacco Manufacture / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department
Photographic
Date
1898-1912
Culture
- Philippine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines
/
Luzon
/
<County>
/
Manila
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor
William Cameron Forbes
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