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<p>[QUOTE="AuDragon, post: 379954, member: 6974"]Welcome Abdulrahman from Australia. </p><p>Your small box is really lovely and I agree it looks beautifully Art Deco from around 1920's. What a nice memory to have of your grandfather. I can't help much with details, but it struck me that the 9cm length may have fitted the very popular French cigarette Gauloises which were introduced in 1910 and made by Imperial Tobacco. I expect they were as popular in Lebanon and Beirut as they were in France and Paris. </p><p>Gauloises were made from dark tobacco from the Middle East. They were very strong and bits of tobacco lodged in your mouth as they were unfiltered. Smokers had to pick the bits out with their fingers. I remember coughing badly when I smoked them (for a very short time) but I thought I looked so cool! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>9cm seems about the right length to me as Gauloises are still shorter and thicker than other cigarettes. Filters were introduced in the 1980's.</p><p><br /></p><p>French actress Brigitte Bardot with the ubiquitous Gauloises:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]131168[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>More information courtesy of Wikipedia:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauloises" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauloises" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauloises</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie32" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AuDragon, post: 379954, member: 6974"]Welcome Abdulrahman from Australia. Your small box is really lovely and I agree it looks beautifully Art Deco from around 1920's. What a nice memory to have of your grandfather. I can't help much with details, but it struck me that the 9cm length may have fitted the very popular French cigarette Gauloises which were introduced in 1910 and made by Imperial Tobacco. I expect they were as popular in Lebanon and Beirut as they were in France and Paris. Gauloises were made from dark tobacco from the Middle East. They were very strong and bits of tobacco lodged in your mouth as they were unfiltered. Smokers had to pick the bits out with their fingers. I remember coughing badly when I smoked them (for a very short time) but I thought I looked so cool! ;) 9cm seems about the right length to me as Gauloises are still shorter and thicker than other cigarettes. Filters were introduced in the 1980's. French actress Brigitte Bardot with the ubiquitous Gauloises: [ATTACH=full]131168[/ATTACH] More information courtesy of Wikipedia: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauloises[/URL] Good Luck. :cigar:[/QUOTE]
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