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| Title | Cigarette Dispenser |
| Object Name | Cigarette Dispenser |
| Manufactured By | Rolinx, England
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| Description | Cigarette dispenser, THE ROLINX. made in the 1950's. Dispenser produces cigarettes from within when the roll top is pushed back. Designed by Maurice H Robin (1912-1982), of England’s post World War II pioneers of the injection molding industry. Robin invented an extruded plastic shutter made of links which works like the top of a roll top desk, from which his company Rolinx took it's name. The company still exists near Manchester, England. |
| Date Manufactured | c. 1950s |
| Material | Cellulose Acetate |
| Manufacturing Process | Injection Molded |
| Number of Objects | 1 |
| Accession Number | 2009_079.085 |
| Donor | Gift of Lawrence J. Broutman |
| Broad Subject | Tobacco Related
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| Subjects | Cigarette-related
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| staff notes | Multiple images |
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