SILENT MOVIE STARS 23 PORTRAIT BUTTONS ISSUED AS PREMIUMS BY "EGYPTIAN OASIS CIGARETTES."
Item Description
Each is 7/8" and all have their backpaper promoting the cigarette brand as "Always Refreshing" plus tiny text naming maker W&H. Each button names the star and associated movie studio. We won't list the studio names for each person but as a group studios include Vitagraph, Rubin, Biograph, Gaumont Co., and Triangle. The actors and actresses included are: Barney Bernard, Belle Bruce, Bebe Daniels (3/8" craze line), Julia Gordon, Octavia Handworth, Mae Hotely, Peggy Hyland, Eulalia Jensen, Ralph Kellard, Dorothy Kelly, Mary Maurice (cello a bit flattened), Walter McGrail (faint touch of stain on right side), Antonio Moreno, Harry Morley, James Morrison, Jack Mulhall, Evart Overton, Arline Pretty, E.H. Southern, Iva Shepard, Norma Talmage, Rose Tapley, Bryant Washburn. All are Exc. to Mint with small exceptions as noted. Buttons are from the 1915-1917 era. Quite scarce and we believe this represents about 75% of the complete set.