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Wooden Cigar Boxes

<>     The First Boxes

<>     Types of Boxes (overview)

<>     Wooden Boxes

<>     Earliest Boxes

<>     Nailed Wood Boxes

<>     Boxes of 12 & 13

<>     Boxes of 250

<>     Nailed Wood with hinges

<>     Boite Nature

+      How & Where Wooden Boxes were Made

<>     Labels and Trim

<>     Types of Hinges & Clasps               

Tin Boxes & Cans

<>     Tin boxes of the 1800’s

<>     Tin boxes of the 1900’s

<>     Tin Cans

<>     Tin Cans with paper labels

<>     Tin Trunks

<>     Tin Pocket Packs

<>     Flat 10’s

<>     Wm. Vogel, tinmaker

<>     P. Lorillard’s use of tin

<>     Bayuk Bros. use of tin

<>     Dutch tin before WWI

<>     Dutch tin after WWI

<>     European & Egyptian tins

1. +      How Tin Boxes were Made
   

Boxes Made of Other Materials

<>     Metal Boxes (other than tin)

<>     Cardboard Boxes

<>     Glass Boxes and Jars

<>     Plastic Boxes

Novelty Boxes

<>     Types of Novelty boxes, an overview

<>     Book Shaped boxes

<>     Log Cabins

<>     Uprights

<>     Mugs & Bottles

<>     Game Boxes

<>     Boudoir Boxes of the 1930’s

<>     Assortment & “Your Choice” Boxes

<>     Cigarillos

<>     Jumbos

<>     Cuban Chests

<>     Box Patents

<>     Cigar Patents

<>     Other Patents

Dating Cigar Boxes

<>     Easy Dating

<>     Using Government Regulations to Date

<>     Tax Stamps

<>     Import Stamps

<>     Factory ID’s

<>     Caution Notices

<>     Tax Class Notices

<>     NRA

<>     Made in Bond Stamps

<>     CMIU Blue Label

<>     1880-1887-1912 Misleading dates

         Dating Boxes by Style

Dating Foreign Cigar Boxes

<>     Dating Cuban Boxes

<>     Dating Canadian Boxes

<>     Identifying Canadian Factories

Cigar Labels & the Birth of Advertising

       Advertising Periods in the U.S.

            1865-1878 Early

            1878-1892 Early Golden Age

            1892-1909 High Golden Age

            1910-1916 Late Golden Age

            1917-1941 Machine Age

            1942-62 End of an Era

            1962-2008 Modern Boxes

<>    Copyright Infringement

<>     Worst Brand Names

<>     Censorship of Images

<>     You Can’t Say That (any more)

+      How Labels were Manufactured

         Gallery of Great Design

<>     Vanity Brands (using photos on labels)

<>     The Perfect Package

Label Themes

<>     Elections and Cigars

<>     Patriotism

<>     War

<>     Indians

<>     Newspaper

<>     Fraternal Orders

          Famous Men

<>     Sex in the 1880’s

<>     Sports & recreation

<>     Hunting-fishing

<>     Horse racing

<>     Baseball

<>     Railroad Gallery

          Theater

          Shakespeare

          Painters, Poets and Authors

<>     Cowboys

<>     Christmas Gallery

<>     Health Claims Gallery

<>     Racism Gallery

<>     The Devil You Say

<>     Comic Characters

          Children

<>     Domestic Animals

<>     Wild Animals

<>     Water Animals

<>     Birds Gallery

<>     Fruits, Flowers & Veggies

         Local Landmarks & Events

         Allegory

         Maps

         Puns Jokes & Plays on Words

         Boats & Ships

         Spanish Themes

         Dramatic Typography

         Oddities

History of Cigars

<>     Cigar History 1460-1760 Timeline

<>     Cigar History 1760-1860 Timeline

<>     Cigar History 1860-1910 Timeline

<>     Cigar History 1910-1960 Timeline

<>     1863-1868  The tax wars

         1893-1911  The Tobacco Trust

         1900-1940  United & Other Chain Stores

<>     Cigar Hand Tools I   Quick identification guide

<>     Cigar Hand Tools II  Expanded detail

+       Development of Machines

+       How Cigar Machines Work

         Sizes, Shapes & Blends

+       Flavorings

<>     Small Town Cigar Selection, California in 1890

<>     Cigar Prices in an 1883 New York Restaurant

<>     Cigar Factories in 1885  (1):  The three basic types

<>     Cigar Factories in 1885  (2):  Where were they?

<>     White Labor Movement

<>     Censorship and Cigars

<>     Women Smokers (Part I Early)

         Women in the Industry

         Children in the Industry

Cigar Tobacco

1. +      Types & Where Grown
   

<>     Cigar Tobacco Districts in Cuba

1. +      Planting & Harvesting in the U.S.
   

         Leaf Dealers

Promotions

<>     Giant cigars

         Parades

          Gimmicks

          Promotions for Retailers

<>     Ads in early Movie Theaters

Premiums for Smokers

<>     Tin Tobacco Tags

<>     Playing Cards (Worldwide cigar brands)

<>     Playing Cards (U.S. cigarette brands)    

<>     Playing Cards (European cigarette & tobacco brands)    

<>     Hard-A-Port Girlie Cards

<>     Cuban Girlie Cards       

<>     Miscellaneous Premiums

<>    Cigar Boxes as Premiums

<>     Sheet Music

<>     CMIU Give-aways

<>    Buttons

         Trade Cards

         Insert Cards

         Tokens

<>     Felts & Flannels

<>     Silks & Satins

<>     Leathers

<>     Cigar Coupons

<>     Catalogs & Prizes

<>     Redeeming United Cigar Store Coupons

Cigar Maker’s Union  (CMIU)

          History of the CMIU

<>     Union Blue Label Dating Guide

<>     Give-aways

<>     Artifacts

<>     Local Unions Location Guide

Who were the Cigar Smokers?

          Men

<>     Women Smoking I  (1725 - 1875)

<>     Children Smoking  (1800 - 1960)

Who was the Cigar Industry?

         Cigar Factory Operations

         Five Classic Types of Cigar Factories

         Cigar Factory Interiors

+       Cigar Factory Exteriors

<>     Cigar Maker’s Hand Tools Part I: identification guide

<>     Cigar Maker’s Hand Tools Part II: expanded in detail

        Wholesalers

         How Business Works: A wholesaler’s Correspondence

<>     How to Set Up a Branch Office

1. +      Delivery Vehicles
   

Salesmen

<>     Salesmen

<>     How Salesmen are portrayed on boxes

<>     Street Vendors

+       Premiums to Dealers

<>     Advance Cards

<>     Sample Boxes

<>     Cigar Box Openers

Retailers

          Store Exteriors

          Store Interiors

<>     How Cigars were Displayed in Counters

          Dummy Display Boxes

          Mail order dealers

          United Cigar Stores

          Shulte, Edwin, other retail chains

Cigar Box Factories

          Factory Exteriors

          Lumber Companies

          Types of Cigar Box Wood

          Uptegrove Lumber Co. Story

          How Nailed Wood Boxes are Made

          How Boite Nature Boxes are Made

          Box Company Envelopes and Letterhead

Cigar Label Printers

          How Labels are Made

          How Labels were Sold

          A few Important Printers

Cuba

<>     Cuba

           History of Cuba before 1898

<>     Corruption in “free” Cuba 1898-1960

          Life on a Vega (tobacco farm)

<>     Tobacco Types & Regions

<>     List of every known Cuban cigar brand

<>     Cuban Labels before 1868 vol I NCM

<>     Cuban Labels before 1868 vol II Thomas Wangler

<>     Cuban Labels after 1878

         Cuban marcas (and their top brands)

<>     Cuban Boxes

<>     Cuban Chests

<>     Dating Cuban Boxes

<>     Bibliography Books & Articles on Cuba in Hyman’s NCM

         Battle of Havana in 1762

<>     Cigarette Wrappers of the 1860’s

<>    Tour of the La Honradez Factory 1860

+       Cigarette Packs

         Trade Cards

<>     Cuban Cigarette Cards

Canada

<>     How to Identify Canadian Factories

<>     How to Date Canadian Boxes

<>     Notes on Canadian Tax Stamps

<>     Canadian Import & Excise Ports

Other Foreign Cigar Operations

          Mexico

           Puerto Rico & Jamaica

           Philippines

           Europe

           The Netherlands

           Sumatra and SE Asia

           India

<>      Dutch Tin Before WWI

<>      Dutch Tin After WWI

<>      European & Egyptian cigarette tins

Accessories

<>     Cigar Bags

<>     Cigar Cases

<>     Modern Humidors

<>     Cigar Lighters

<>     Pocket Cigar Cutters

<>    Desk Cigar Cutters

<>     Horns-Antlers-Tusks

<>    C.M.I.U. Give-aways

<>    Cigar Box Openers

         Cigar Store Figures

          Matches & Match-safes

<>    Ashtrays

<>     Spittoons

Things Made From Boxes

<>    Gallery of Items made from cigar boxes

Fakes, Frauds & Fantasy Items not Cigar

<>     Items that Look Like Cigar Boxes, but Aren’t

<>     Hambone Fakes

<>     Boyish Babe (Ruth?) Fraud

<>     Princess Mary Tin

<>     Coca-Cola band that Isn’t

<>     English Fantasy Tins

<>     Trinidad Girlie Cards    

<>     Tobacco Boxes

<>     Common eBay Frauds

Glossary - Definitions

<>     Glossary of Cigar Related Terms through the Ages

Bibliography

<>     Bibliography

<>     General A to B about Cigars

<>     General C to I about Cigars

<>     General J to R about Cigars

<>     General S to Z about Cigars

<>     Government Documents

<>     Directories

<>     Catalogs of Cigars, Labels, Tools, etc.

<>     Cuba

<>     Revenue Stamps

<>     Magazines

<>     Handwritten Ledgers, letters, forms, documents

<>     Patents related to Cigars, Boxes & Accessories

<>     Growing Tobacco

<>     Collecting Tobacciana

<>     Poetry, Fiction, Legal cases, etc.

The Museum

<>  Who is Tony Hyman?

<>  Visiting the Museum in Person

<>     CIGAR MAGAZINE tour of the Museum

<>     Gallery of things made from cigar boxes

<>     Garden tour

Wanted to Buy

<>     Tax Stamps the Museum Wants to Buy

<>  Other Items the Museum Wants to Buy

<>  If you want to Buy an item

How to Take Perfect Pictures

<>  How to Take Perfect Pictures

Where were the Cigar Factories?

New York City 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tax District NY

Albany & 14th District NY

Binghamton, Syracuse & 21st District NY

Buffalo, Rochester & 28th District NY

Philadelphia & 1st District PA

Lancaster & 9th District PA

Pittsburgh & 23rd District PA

Illinois

Ohio

New Jersey

New England

Maryland

California

Florida

Indiana

Wisconsin

Michigan

        Minnesota

Louisiana

Iowa

Missouri

Kansas & Nebraska

West (WA, OR, MT, ID, CO, NM, AZ, UT, WY, ND, SD, TX, OK)

Who were the Major Pre-1960 Companies?

+        Straiton & Storm  (became General Cigar)

          General Cigar   WHITE OWL, ROBT BURNS, VAN DYKE,                                           

                         WILLOW TIPS, WILLIAM PENN,

          Lichtenstein Bros. (became Consolidated, then Altadis)

          Consolidated  DUTCH MASTERS, EL PRODUCTO

+        H. Fendrich   CHAS. DENBY,  LA FENDRICH

          American Cigar   CREMO, ROI-TAN, 100’s of others

+        Bayuk Bros.  PHILLIES, HAVANA RIBBON, PRINCE HAMLET

          Yocum Bros.  Y-B

          Sutro & Newmark    many

          Kerbs & Speiss  WELCOME [7702],

          A.J. Golden  BLUE RIBBON, dozens of others

          Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert  EL VERSO, SAN FELICE 

          Sensenbrenner  SANTA FE, DEL CARA

          Lucke   TELESCOPE, ROLLED

          Congress Cigar Co.   LA PALINA

          Waitt & Bond  BLACKSTONE,

          RG Sullivan  7-20-4

          H. Traiser  PIPPINS

          Graves  JUDGE’S CAVE

          Wolf Bros.  CROOKS

          Jno. Swisher KING EDWARD,

          Morton Edwin  LORD EDWIN

          Brown Bros.  DETROIT FREE PRESS, others

          Carl Upmann  BOUQUET, VISTA [10037],

          I. Lewis: JOHN RUSKIN,

          Powell & Goldstein  FACTORY 370, NAPOLEON

          Brown Bros.  DETROIT FREE PRESS other

          Jose Escalante  CORINA, OLE, AURELIA

          Samuel Davis  FRONTIER, MUNGOES many others

          Brenheiser  BRENHEISER others

          Brooks and Company  INVINCIBLES

          Eisenlohr  CINCO, HENRIETTA

          E.H. Gato  BOUQUET, LA ESTRELLA others

+        P. Lorillard,  MURIEL, WAR EAGLE, HEADLINE, CUBIST,

                        POSTMASTER, dozens of others

          F.R. Rice  many

          Jenkinson, Pollack, Marsh Wheeling,  many

          Thompson & Co.

          Cuesta Rey

          Roth, Brunner & Feist  WAR EAGLE [4404]

          Bondy & Lederer WHITE SPOT,

          W.H. Snyder  WILL’S TWINS [6426],

          J.C. Winter  WINTERS,

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