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In the absence of a section 'Tin billboards', this CANN sign is housed here. The very first image is on an enamel advertising sign made by Emaillerie Koekelberg (Belgium) in 1928. * The back of this tin plate is cardboard and originally also had a standing support (photo). It has the tax reference BRUX.824 / 918 / 605-1952 at the bottom right and is interesting for several reasons: 1. The depiction of a dark-colored person, a plantation worker, smoking three (!) Cigarettes at the same time, fits in the spirit of a time when such images were not perceived as racist and disturbing; 2. Depicting someone smoking is a thing of the past. * www.reclamebox.com note: see Google for several variations of this image.
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