PopKulture's photos with the keyword: label

Blue_Pearl_box

28 Dec 2007 48
This lovely lady is featured on a box from Millstadt, Illinois. Louis Reichling, maker, Factory No. 112, 13th District, Illinois.

Valkyrie_box

28 Dec 2007 40
This Tampa, Florida cigar box boasts an interesting label featuring a mythological matron bringing a slain warrior home to Valhalla. In ironic contrast to its spiritual imagery is a proclamation on the bottom of the label that "Science produced it."

Princess_inside

02 Jan 2008 46
A cache of rare, old cigar boxes were salvaged when a building containing old courthouse records from Colusa, California suffered catastrophic damage.

Yatigan_Cigar_inner

02 Jan 2008 49
The bustling Meyer Bros. factory in St. Louis is proudly featured on this turn-of-the-century label.

Yellow_Cab_inner

02 Jan 2008 53
A deliciously dated label - from the discounted cigar price to the NRA insignia to the style of the cab! Dated, but no less eye-catching, and a true cross-over collectible for transportation aficionados. Factory 348, 1st District, PA.

La_Diva_detail_NY

02 Jan 2008 44
A closer look at the label for La Diva, NY, 1883.

Ground_Floor_inner

02 Jan 2008 41
A beautiful inner label showing the lobby of Victorian era hotel lobby, complete with coffee service and a cigar counter, not to mention an idle messenger boy.

Volunteer_cigar_box

04 Jan 2008 40
Coincident with the new nationalism, an army volunteer from the War with Spain is shown with his colors on this patriotic cigar box, circa 1898.

CB_Pocahontas_IL

05 Feb 2008 182
The is a close-up view of a Chicago-based cigar brand featuring the famous Indian guide Pocahontas. The treatment is noticeably less severe than labels which feature native American males.

CB_Washtella_IA

05 Feb 2008 160
Cigar boxes which feature native American maidens are slightly scarcer than their male counterparts, and no less desirable to collectors. Moreover, they seem to be more light-hearted treatments, as evident on the Washtella brand cigar box from Pella, Iowa.

CB_Lord_Puffer_PA

10 Feb 2008 158
A finely appointed gentleman takes a leisurely break from his capitalistic endeavors. There's time enough to thwart Congress's anti-trust legislation and enjoy some fine brandy and a smooth cigar. Factory No. 695, 1st Dist. PA

CB_Cremo

10 Feb 2008 167
Cremo is a very plentiful box, but nevertheless attractive. It has the perfect balance between fine lithography and advertising punch. Factory No. 1896, 6th Dist. MO, circa 1920's

Dairy_City_IA

22 Aug 2009 186
Compare this whimsical, antique "Dairy City" cigar label from the late 1800's to a mechanically printed postcard postmarked 1912 and you'll see many of the same buildings on old Franklin Street, looking north, in Manchester, Iowa. Manchester is a town of roughly 5,000 people on old U.S. route 20 in Delaware County, eastern Iowa. The cigar label was printed by the famed lithoghaphers, G.S. Harris & Sons, located in Philadelphia, and came from an old Victorian scrapbook.

CB_Henry_George_early

07 Feb 2010 170
This early Henry George cigar box carries a 1901 tax stamp and features vignettes typical in Victorian-era label design. On the right can be seen his seminal work, Progress and Poverty, which examines social and economic inequality.

CB_Henry_George_stack

07 Feb 2010 153
Featured here are the side labels of three different versions of Henry George cigar boxes, dating from the turn-of-the-century to the Great Depression. The interior views - which follow this photo in my photostream - show the evolution of the brand. Henry George was a nineteenth-century American writer and philosopher whose famous work, Progress and Poverty, examines social and economic inequality.

MB_meals_youd_be_proud

09 Jun 2010 149
Vintage matchbook cover featuring a stock design for restaurants and cafes.

MB_Tops_in_dry_cleaning

09 Jun 2010 174
Vintage matchbook cover featuring a stock design for dry cleaners.

MB_steaks_n_chops

09 Jun 2010 150
Vintage matchbook cover featuring a stock design for restaurants and steakhouses.

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