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Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes Ad

1930–33

ringl + pit

(German)
Culture
Germany
Medium
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
GIft of the Estate of Joan Dowling 2025.260
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Cellophane and cellophane wrapping machines were developed in the late 1920s.

Description

Cigarettes and cigars were among the first products widely wrapped in cellophane. The transparency and reflectiveness of this new material had already been exploited by ringl + pit in a 1930 ad they did for a different cigarette company (see 2024.23.13). In this ad for the popular Player’s brand, cellophane’s translucency stands in for smoke. Hovering above the packs, the man who lights up adds a touch of film noir mystery.
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Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes Ad

1930–33

ringl + pit

(German)
Germany

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