Car advertising Black Cat cigarettes (1915)

I wondered “why black cats?” and discovered the founder had one that sat in his shop window. Later, during the time of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb and Egypt-mania, the company doubled down on this symbol as reference to luxury including two Bastet statues in front of their factory.

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I wondered “why black cats?” and discovered the founder had one that sat in his shop window. Later, during the time of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb and Egypt-mania, the company doubled down on this symbol as reference to luxury including two Bastet statues in front of their factory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carreras_Cigarette_Factory

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