El Buen Tono, S.A., collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 0523

Staff Only

Scope and Content

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. The 15 loose photographs and the album of 20 professional photographs depict the company's buildings, machinery, workers, automobiles and wagons, and manufacturing process. The promotional comic book is titled "Album de Historietas" (1909).

Album cover title: "El Buen Tono, S. A. Compañía Manufacturera del Cigarro sin pegamento."

Dates

Creation: early 1900s

Creator

Buen Tono, S.A. (Organization)

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Biographical / Historical

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.