Flat Tens (10/10) A National Cigar Museum Exhibit © Tony Hyman

Flat Tens (10/10) A National Cigar Museum Exhibit © Tony Hyman http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html Small flat tins holding ten cigars became an instant hit when they were legalized in 1897. ONLY cigarette-size smokes weighing less than 3 pounds per 1,000 could be packed in these 10/10 boxes (holding 10 cigars with 10 in the top row). This type of box, called a “flat ten” by collectors, was most popular from 1901-1917 but still used by BETWEEN THE ACTS and other brands in the 1950’s. Advertisers focussed on speed and convenience more than quality. At 1¢ each, that’s no surprise. The The Saturday Evening Post magazine ad offered a box of 50 and a bonus flat ten for a mail-in 50¢, c1910. Decades later, the speed theme remained, only the price was different. c1930’s Ad (right) not in the NCM collection. P. Lorillard’s best selling small cigar, one of history’s most common cigar tins. Before 1911 the brand was made by Thos. Hall, then American Tobacco Co., then American Cigar Co. [2991] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#0 7b07346b-d756-4eb4-9d23-200c1a6ee01d http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/itin91/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/itin91/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_10">P. Lorillard’s best selling small cigar, one of history’s most common cigar tins. Before 1911 the brand was made by Thos. Hall, then American Tobacco Co., then American Cigar Co.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_10">[2991]</span></p></div></div> The tissue interior was attractive and in keeping with the design the brand used for it’s 50 and 100 boxes. [3590] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#1 540e3c86-208c-4360-bbdc-68760bedb98e http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/cdb90/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/cdb90/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The tissue interior was attractive<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">and in keeping with the design the<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">brand used for it’s 50 and 100 boxes.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[3590]</p></div></div> How P.Lorillard packed their popular smoke. Most 10/10 small cigars were packed in some sort of larger cardboard box. Not in NCM collection. [w0000] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#2 f4fb8d41-ca5d-4eb3-b5e8-60c7c6959f3c http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/0e8d_3/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/0e8d_3/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">How P.Lorillard packed their popular smoke.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Most 10/10 small cigars were packed in<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">some sort of larger cardboard box.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span class="style_11">Not in NCM collection. </span>[w0000]</p></div></div> Look carefully and you’ll see the cut out which will stand up when the lid is tucked in the back of the box behind the tins. This is the most modern version of the tin. Note no THH logo. [w0000] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#3 4343ceb9-c773-4840-b1be-d2addc282fc1 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/12b5_3/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/12b5_3/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Look carefully and you’ll see the cut out which<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">will stand up when the lid is tucked in the<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">back of the box behind the tins. This is the most modern version of the tin. Note no THH logo.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[w0000]</p></div></div> In 55 years collecting, and seeing thousands of red BETWEEN THE ACTS, I’ve seen only 3 black ones. Marked as made by American Tobacco (c1900) and by P.Lorillard (after 1911) so around for a while. Anyone know the story behind it? [11031] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#4 cef35ac6-e72a-43f8-abaa-a0196d51ebea http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/11031/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/11031/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">In 55 years collecting, and seeing thousands of red BETWEEN THE ACTS, I’ve seen <span class="style_12">only 3</span> black ones.  Marked as made by American Tobacco (c1900) and by P.Lorillard (after 1911) so around for a while.  <span class="style_13">Anyone know the story behind it?</span>  [11031]</p></div></div> The version dating from after WWII (that’s 1940’s and 50’s to the history-challenged) no longer has Hall’s T-H-H logo and adds the press buttons. [w00601] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#5 a4c964d2-3ac7-4a58-8241-7a3cc9a78e4b http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/60bb_1/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/60bb_1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The version dating from after WWII (that’s 1940’s and 50’s to the history-challenged) no longer has<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Hall’s T-H-H logo and adds the press buttons.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[w00601]</p></div></div> M. Foster, Fact. 8, 3rd NY City, 1898. One of the first brands to appear for sale packed in a flat ten. [2989] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#6 96c23e04-7d01-455b-9dfa-5e1fe08d952c http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/atin89/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/atin89/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">M. Foster, Fact. 8, 3rd NY City, 1898.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">One of the first brands to appear for sale <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">packed in a flat ten.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[2989]</p></div></div> Victor? Victor over what? Unusual half-tone of woman languishing on a couch. Cigars by the Modnelis Cigarette Co., New York City c 1899. One of the earliest known 10/10’s. [2984] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#7 33ded6a6-b768-4e36-9616-18c929cd552b http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/btin84/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/btin84/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Victor? Victor over what? Unusual half-tone of woman languishing on a couch. Cigars by the Modnelis Cigarette Co., New York City c 1899.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">One of the earliest known 10/10’s. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"> [2984]</p></div></div> D.H. McAlpin & Co., Fact. 22, 3rd NY City, 1904. [2994] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#8 546c8f6b-f8f1-4608-a386-41d0d5532439 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/tin94/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/tin94/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_10">D.H. McAlpin & Co., Fact. 22, 3rd NY City, 1904.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_10">[2994]</span></p></div></div> H. Mandelbaum, Fact. 1300, 3rd NY City c1900 [2985] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#9 a648669e-c965-40ee-8b35-f365c09c1bc4 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/ctin85/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/ctin85/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">H. Mandelbaum, Fact. 1300, 3rd NY City c1900<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[2985]</p></div></div> WINSOME and CUTE. How can you beat it? Fact. 7, 2nd NY City c1922 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#10 e140f3d6-7736-4b23-995c-1c41b3194677 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/dtin86/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/dtin86/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_14">WINSOME</span> and <span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_14">CUTE</span>. How can you beat it?<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Fact. 7, 2nd NY City  c1922</p></div></div> Baltimore and NY City were the two centers of little cigar manufacture. Fact. 593 Maryland, The brand and factory owned by the Tobacco Trust. c1905. [2988] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#11 7b044a01-b24b-48e6-bd27-3cfeae16ec23 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/ftin88/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/ftin88/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Baltimore and NY City were the two centers of little cigar manufacture.  Fact. 593 Maryland, The brand and factory owned by the Tobacco Trust.  c1905.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[2988]</p></div></div> Art deco design influences are clear on this distinctive tin made in Fact. 649, 1st NY (Long Island) as a private label for National Cigar Stands. Tweenies is an unusual frontmark. [2982] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#12 a6aff858-f202-4d45-8901-3cadbaf74db1 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/tin82/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/tin82/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Art deco design influences are clear on this distinctive tin made in Fact. 649, 1st NY (Long Island) as a private label for National Cigar Stands.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Tweenies is an unusual frontmark.  <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[2982]</p></div></div> Made in Fact. 593 Maryland in 1904. On the break up of the Trust in 1911, the brand remained with American Tobacco Co. [3578] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#13 0e10c7c4-b891-4379-ba83-e806312fc1c1 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/cdb78/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/cdb78/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Made in Fact. 593 Maryland in 1904. On the break up of the Trust in 1911, the brand remained with American Tobacco Co.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[3578]</p></div></div> 1913 ad for PICCADILLY. [3174] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#14 a2b45105-4510-45ba-ba45-16db7ef6d8ea http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/31tintoo74/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/31tintoo74/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">1913 ad for PICCADILLY.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[3174]</p></div></div> Made in Puerto Rico around 1915 by a branch of American Tobacco Company. [3581] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#15 2950a7ee-2f55-4b8e-8b87-9370541a0484 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/cdb81/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/cdb81/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Made in Puerto Rico around 1915 by a branch of American Tobacco Company.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[3581]</p></div></div> Interior labeling is unusual in 10/10 boxes but tissue or foil liner is typical. [3582] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#16 607c933d-738e-4f29-88de-934008aa8ee6 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/cdb82/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/cdb82/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Interior labeling is unusual in 10/10 boxes<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">but tissue or foil liner is typical.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[3582]</p></div></div> Surbrug was an important manufacturer of smoking tobacco, makers of which rarely also made cigars. Made pre-WWI in Factory 57, 2nd Dist. of Virginia. [2993] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#17 60033de1-bbae-45c0-979f-28488da6a06f http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/htin93/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/htin93/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Surbrug was an important manufacturer of smoking tobacco, makers of which rarely also made cigars.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Made pre-WWI in Factory 57, 2nd Dist. of Virginia.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[2993]</p></div></div> Curved to fit your pocket, patented in 1899. Cigars made by American Tobacco in Fact. 26, Virginia, perhaps around 1905. [2992] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#18 b2c4b87f-f690-431f-83d4-299a31f16fb1 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/gtin92/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/gtin92/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Curved to fit your pocket, patented in 1899.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Cigars made by American Tobacco in Fact. 26, Virginia, perhaps around 1905.   <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[2992]</p></div></div> Clover Tobacco Co., Fact. 185, 14th NY, Irvington, New York, 1946. [2987] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#19 da80b42f-2db3-4613-8fdb-c0730fc54e3f http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/etin87/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/etin87/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Clover Tobacco Co., Fact. 185, 14th NY,<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Irvington, New York,  1946.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[2987]</p></div></div> Very rare box used by I. Lewis, Fact. 11282 in Newark, New Jersey. Not in the NCM collection. [w 0000] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#20 7a2f7e56-0395-4cba-9d83-a697ec6f6aaa http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/eagle1/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/eagle1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Very rare box used by I. Lewis, Fact. 11282 in Newark, New Jersey. <span class="style_11">Not in the NCM collection.</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[w 0000]</p></div></div> P. Lorillard, Fact. 17 in Virginia, c1955. Mona Lisa is one of dozens of famous artworks reproduced on cigar boxes. [2983] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s.html#21 1c784423-34b7-4081-bcbc-cf4ffee521fd http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/ktin83/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Flat_10s_files/Media/ktin83/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_64"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">P. Lorillard, Fact. 17 in Virginia,  c1955.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Mona Lisa is one of dozens of famous artworks<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">reproduced on cigar boxes.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[2983]</p></div></div>