This is actually a cigarettes case with the image of the most famous vamp of all time. I don't smoke, but I would love to have one these. My grandfather, who smoked himself into the grave would have loved it! He was the biggest influence on me when it came to to silent film. He was born in 1897 (he was a lot older to my grandmother!), it was he who introduced me to silent film as a very little girl. He was also a professional photographer and artist. This is just the sort of thing that I would have loved to give him on his birthday as a kid. Since this is participation in the Countdown To Halloween post, I will share that his favorite Halloween costume was dressing up as Groucho Marx.
[Source: I've tried to trace the the source of the photo and case and cannot locate a thing.]
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