Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed shop sign The lid of one features

The lid of one features an archer in green and burgundy on yellow horse

stylized star

This is a newer

with a nice sheen from age and use

Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed shop sign The lid of one featuresI purchased this piece because I loved the image of this pink cheeked runner in his white outfit and those brown shoes that don't look especially great for running! I've since learned this is a collegiate tobacco silk; dating to the early 1910s, these silks were issued by Murad cigarettes to entice smokers, college students specifically, to buy their cigarettes. For each college or university targeted, they issued a set of 10 of these depicting