CUBAN TOBACCO BUTTON WITH CARTOON PORTRAIT OF CUBAN AVIATOR ROSILLO.
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Auction #208 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1277 in auction 208
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Item Description
7/8" from a large set of buttons given by the tobacco company with back paper naming "Henry Clay And Bock & Co., Ltd. Habana." Light tanning and two hairline tears on the back paper. Celluloid remains totally clean and reads "El Aeroplano Rosillo." He made a historic flight from Key West to Havana in 1913. For other items in this series see woman suffrage button #504 and large collections of these buttons #1319 and 1320. From the Richard Merkin Collection. Comes with Hake's COA.
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