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Description
This small collection contains loose photographs, a photograph album, and lithographed promotional comic book for El Buen Tono cigarette manufacturing company of Mexico City, dating from the early 1900s.
Background
El Buen Tono was a cigarette manufacturing company located in Mexico City that was founded by French businessman Ernesto Pugibet in the late 1800s. In 1899, the company was reestablished as "El Buen Tono S. A., Compañía Manufacturera del Cigarro sin pegamento." The company closed around 1961.
Extent
.21 Linear Feet 1 box
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Availability
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