Hassan Cigarettes Premium pin

1910 Hassan Cigarettes Baseball Comic Premium Pinback button, artwork done by cartoonist Bud Fisher of Mutt and Jeff fame. These small 7/8 inch lapel pins, made with a paper print covered with celluloid were given away free as premiums with packs of cigarettes. Bud Fisher was one of several cartoonists including T.E. Powers, R.L. Goldberg, "Tad", and Gus Mager, who were contracted to produce cartoons that illustrate popular conversational phrases of the day during the 1910s through the 1930s.

Harry C. "Bud" Fisher created the first successful daily comic strip in the U.S. "Mutt and Jeff." The pins, part of a non-sport set included the baseball themed "Oh You Cubs" and "Lets see what you've Got." The buttons were part of the "Mutt & Jeff Series" of over 250 designs. Sweet Caporal Tobacco issued the same pins with a matching card.

All the pins are opened back and have paper inserts advertising Hassan cigarettes. The paper reads "HASSAN CIGARETTES, FACTORY No. 649, 1st DIST. NY, W.&.H Co., PATENTED" Some pins can also be found with a paper ad for the manufacture Whitehead & Hoag Co., without any reference to a tobacco brand. The tobacco companies that issued the pins included; Sweet Caporal, and Tokio cigarettes.

Different variations of the baseball themed pins includes color or black & white artwork. The "Oh You Cubs" pin has a variation that features the catcher without "Cubs" on the sleeve, and the phrase "Give Me A High Ball". The Batter on the "Lets See What You've Got" pin features an interlocking NY on the sleeve, and the caption "Shoot One Over, Kid." The interlocking NY matches the New York Highlanders team logo. The Giants logo had the "Y" below the "N"

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