***Sorry Sold ***Vintage Empty Carton of FATIMA Cigarettes With Christmas Advertising Sleeve
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Vintage Empty Carton of FATIMA Cigarettes With Christmas Advertising Sleeve. Both Sleeve and Carton Are included. Sleeve is not necessarily original to the Carton. Carton is in an enclosed Plastic display protective wrap. Carton is excellent. Sleeve is Very Good. 1 7/8" x 10.75".
History
From Wiki: Fatima was launched in the 1870s, and was marketed as an exotic blend of Turkish tobaccos. It was one of the first brands to be made on a cigarette machine. The name Fatima, a common Turkish or Arabic woman's name, helped bolster the Turkish image.
In the early 1900s, manufactures of Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes tripled their sales and became legitimate competitors to leading brands. Fatima cigarettes was one of many cigarettes developed at this time which received wide success. The pack art featured a veiled woman, the Turkish crescent moon with stars, and the iron cross, the symbol of the Ottoman empire. It was the best-selling cigarette brand in the U.S. from 1910 to 1920.
About 1911 it became the first cigarette brand to be sold in 20-unit packs (15 cents).
Two developments pushed Fatima to the sidelines toward the end of the decade. First, the Turkish fad fell victim to politics as the alliances of World War I made the East seem less mysterious than treacherous to Americans. Second, Camel cigarettes came on the market in 1913. N.W. Ayer & Son handled the introduction of Camel, which was a runaway success, and by 1925, Camel had won 40% of the market and R.J. Reynolds led the industry.
In the 1940s, with the introduction of newer flagship brand Chesterfield, Fatima became a king size brand; the cigarettes were 10 millimeters longer
Before 1950, the package design included a stylized image of a veiled Middle Eastern woman.
Over time, the brand's old-fashioned image caused it to lose market share from the mid-1950s onward and L&M eventually phased it out by around 1980.
Vintage Empty Carton of FATIMA Cigarettes With Christmas Advertising Sleeve. Both Sleeve and Carton Are included. Sleeve is not necessarily original to the Carton. Carton is in an enclosed Plastic display protective wrap. Carton is excellent. Sleeve is Very Good. 1 7/8" x 10.75".
History
From Wiki: Fatima was launched in the 1870s, and was marketed as an exotic blend of Turkish tobaccos. It was one of the first brands to be made on a cigarette machine. The name Fatima, a common Turkish or Arabic woman's name, helped bolster the Turkish image.
In the early 1900s, manufactures of Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes tripled their sales and became legitimate competitors to leading brands. Fatima cigarettes was one of many cigarettes developed at this time which received wide success. The pack art featured a veiled woman, the Turkish crescent moon with stars, and the iron cross, the symbol of the Ottoman empire. It was the best-selling cigarette brand in the U.S. from 1910 to 1920.
About 1911 it became the first cigarette brand to be sold in 20-unit packs (15 cents).
Two developments pushed Fatima to the sidelines toward the end of the decade. First, the Turkish fad fell victim to politics as the alliances of World War I made the East seem less mysterious than treacherous to Americans. Second, Camel cigarettes came on the market in 1913. N.W. Ayer & Son handled the introduction of Camel, which was a runaway success, and by 1925, Camel had won 40% of the market and R.J. Reynolds led the industry.
In the 1940s, with the introduction of newer flagship brand Chesterfield, Fatima became a king size brand; the cigarettes were 10 millimeters longer
Before 1950, the package design included a stylized image of a veiled Middle Eastern woman.
Over time, the brand's old-fashioned image caused it to lose market share from the mid-1950s onward and L&M eventually phased it out by around 1980.
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