TIN BOXES 1900 - 1960 A National Cigar History Museum Exhibit © Tony Hyman Additional display added: September 25, 2010

TIN BOXES 1900 - 1960 A National Cigar History Museum Exhibit © Tony Hyman Additional display added: September 25, 2010 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html By 1900 tin technology was at the point where mass production of good looking boxes was routine. That’s not to say there weren’t problems, but those are among topics I plan to write about in the future. The 20th century saw two developments that greatly impacted the tin box industry. The 1910 legalization of small boxes of 5 and 10 cigars gave a big push to the industry as tin was highly suitable for small containers. Only 4 years later, improvements in drying tech-niques sped the manufacturing process, reduced loss, and led to affordable boxes and cans. After 1915, tin containers could truly be mass produced. This exhibit is a selection of tin boxes used between 1900 to 1940, selected to give you a sense of what was happening in the world of tin boxes. Square 25, not the most common form. Unknown whether it is packed 8-9-8 or 9-9-7 by Factory 2, 5th tax district of New Jersey. c1905 Rare to see a design that incorporates the tax stamp’s position into the design. [2959] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#0 723325b4-cad2-44d7-9e67-d1ff2bd5d152 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin59/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin59/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_7">Square 25, not the most common form. Unknown whether it is packed 8-9-8 or 9-9-7 by Factory 2, <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">5th tax district of  New Jersey.  c1905<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Rare to see a design that incorporates the tax<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">stamp’s position into the design.  [2959]</span></p></div></div> Early “sample” box of 12 with finely done portrait created around 1905 before the advent of boxes packed 10/5. Fact. 268, 1st PA. [3108] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#1 86bbe38e-d302-4d3f-a8a0-44b9ccc85fb5 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/31tintoo8/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/31tintoo8/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_7">Early “sample” box of 12 with finely done portrait<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">created around 1905 before the advent of <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">boxes packed 10/5. Fact. 268, 1st PA.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3108]</span></p></div></div> One of Florida’s better known turn-of-the-century brands from Factory 166 Florida. No city seal on the bottom. [3115] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#2 cadd565d-f639-4703-86f4-fdc15e80fdd1 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/31tintoo15/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/31tintoo15/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_7">One of Florida’s better known turn-of-the-century brands from Factory 166 Florida. No city <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">seal on the bottom.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3115]</span></p></div></div> Nice looking pre 1910 ten popular with collectors. Fact. 89, 1st Ohio c1905. [2934] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#3 93df29a7-0c39-4f1a-a428-a47f732f8cd1 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin34/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin34/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_7">Nice looking pre 1910 ten popular with collectors.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Fact. 89,  1st Ohio  c1905.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2934]</span></p></div></div> Fact. 55, 6th Missouri, used a stock box and stock label and came up with a reusable cigar box. [3375] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#4 487513f5-afdb-43e9-bbd2-2f17fd8702c8 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3375/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3375/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_7">Fact. 55, 6th Missouri, used a stock box and stock label and came up with a reusable cigar box.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3375]</span></p></div></div> This 13” long box of 250 is another example of turning a stock item in a box maker’s catalog into a cigar box. [3378] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#5 5d350d5c-c0a5-4c74-9c71-c51bf71ac4af http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3378/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3378/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_7">This 13” long box of 250 is another example<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">of turning a stock item in a box maker’s<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">catalog into a cigar box. <br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3378]</span></p></div></div> Inside copy promises the box to the purchaser of the last pack of cigars. “Useful as a cash box, lunch box, cake box or for fishing tackle, valuable papers, etc. Watch the box and buy the last package.” Made for Tinkham Bros, Jamestown NY distributors.[3380] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#6 68e9f2f5-a210-4cda-815b-a5dac59bb1f5 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3380/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3380/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_7">Inside copy promises the box to the purchaser of the last pack of cigars. “Useful as a cash box, lunch box, cake box or for fishing tackle, valuable papers, etc. Watch the box and buy the last package.” Made<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">for Tinkham Bros, Jamestown NY distributors.[3380]</span></p></div></div> Barnes, Smith & Co. (Fact. 1239, 21st Dist/ NY) In Binghamton used this utility box to hold 200 cigars, making a lightweight but usable box when emptied. [3379] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#7 4819fc44-5dd6-4937-a2d6-c9d5346ebe33 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3379/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3379/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_7">Barnes, Smith & Co. (Fact. 1239, 21st Dist/ NY) In Binghamton used this utility box to hold 200 cigars, making a lightweight but usable box when emptied.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3379]</span></p></div></div> S.Davis & Sons (Fact.6, IRD 17 Montreal) was one of Canada’s more inventive marketers, offering the strongest and most intricately constructed cash box to someone buying a box of LORD TENNYSON cigars in 1905. [3376] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#8 9db02e12-4351-4134-a9a6-17f3cff595d9 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3376/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3376/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_7">S.Davis & Sons (Fact.6, IRD 17 Montreal) was one of Canada’s more inventive marketers, offering<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">the strongest and most intricately constructed<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">cash box to someone buying a box of<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">LORD</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_9"> </span><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">TENNYSON</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"> cigars in 1905. [3376]</span></p></div></div> The hinged double-lidded top tray lifts off to reveal another compartment underneath. [3377] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#9 6959afa5-d83b-484f-8e03-467f1b4716ad http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3377/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3377/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_3">The hinged double-lidded top tray lifts off to <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_3">reveal another compartment underneath.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">[3377]</p></div></div> Used in the mid 1930s by an unidentified Wisconsin cigar maker, this sturdy box of 50 which was sold during the Christmas season as a gift, has survived well. [17504] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#10 91a0c6a9-8d18-47e2-a8f7-6ed1de291927 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/17504%20WNtin/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/17504%20WNtin/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_3">Used in the mid 1930s by an unidentified Wisconsin cigar maker, this sturdy box of 50 which was sold during the Christmas season as a gift, <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_3">has survived well.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">[17504]</p></div></div> You must wonder how the recipient felt when opening his gift to discover the cigars inside were only O.K. What’s in a name? Visit the NCHM exhibit of other questionable brand names. [17505] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#11 78a411e6-9763-4dbd-a579-27f0533335ac http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/17505%20WNtin/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/17505%20WNtin/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_3">You must wonder how the recipient felt when opening his gift to discover the cigars inside were only O.K. What’s in a name? Visit the NCHM exhibit of other questionable brand names.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">[17505]</p></div></div> At the other end of the size spectrum, is the small cigarette-size 10/10 or “flat ten.” Flat 10’s are exhibited elsewhere. [3580] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#12 bbdd429e-06c4-4d1a-bf2f-18b2b535ef5e http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/cdb80/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/cdb80/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_7">At the other end of the size spectrum, is the small cigarette-size 10/10 or “flat ten.”<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_4"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"> Flat 10’s are exhibited elsewhere.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3580]</span></p></div></div> American Tobacco Co. bought the brand from Thos. H. Hall, and in the 1911 dissolution of the Trust, passed it on to P.Lorillard. This dates from the first decade of 1900’s, the American Tobacco period. Embossed. [2973] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#13 7cee4902-202b-47b3-82fe-3df3bf5c56a6 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin73/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin73/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_7">American Tobacco Co. bought the brand from Thos. H. Hall, and in the 1911 dissolution of the Trust, passed it  on to P.Lorillard. This dates from the first<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">decade of 1900’s, the American Tobacco period.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Embossed.  [2973]</span></p></div></div> Lunch boxes were most commonly used to hold smoking and chewing tobacco but a few cigar ones can be found. This box from 1909 uses paper labels inside, outside and on top. [7906] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#14 e3d83b34-ee06-46fc-91fd-d87e8ddf1bf7 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/mixpolitics796/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/mixpolitics796/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_7">Lunch boxes were most commonly used to<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">hold smoking and chewing tobacco but a few<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">cigar ones can be found. This box from 1909 <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">uses paper labels inside, outside and on top.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[7906]</span></p></div></div> One of the two most common cigar lunch boxes, the ad copy is lithoed onto the tin on this square box used by Eisenlohr around 1910. CINCO sold well enough retailers were willing to put up with the awkward hard-to-stack design. [2954] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#15 14009f1a-66c5-482b-9a64-aab8942378e8 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin54/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin54/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_7">One of the two most common cigar lunch boxes, <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">the ad copy is lithoed onto the tin on this<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">square box used by Eisenlohr around 1910.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">CINCO</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_9"> </span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">sold well enough retailers were willing to put up with the awkward hard-to-stack design. [2954]</span></p></div></div> A gem of a lunch box, much like those used for tobacco products. Packed with cigars by P.Lorillard, a tobacco company for whom cigars were somewhat of a sideline. [2950] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#16 77d540c0-7af4-4e62-9ca3-e603a6b318d6 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin50/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin50/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_7">A gem of a lunch box, much like those used for tobacco products. Packed with cigars by<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">P.Lorillard, a tobacco company for whom<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">cigars were somewhat of a sideline.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2950]</span></p></div></div> Another important Canadian cigar company, Simon & Sons, sold 25 cigars in this unusual tin designed to be a desk accessory when emptied. Top had a place for a slip-in label and clamp to hold a pad of paper. 1920’s. [3397] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#17 82608496-b3d5-413b-b0b7-cddd38e2a06e http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3397/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/bookbox3397/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="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Another important Canadian cigar company, Simon & Sons, sold 25 cigars in this unusual tin designed to be a desk accessory when emptied. Top had a place for a slip-in label and clamp to hold a pad of paper. 1920’s.   [3397]</span></p></div></div> LA SUCRENA tin octagon c1915. Fact. 1101 1st PA. Since the 1700’s cigars have been packed standing on end in boxes called uprights. Tin is the most common material for uprights. Uprights are featured in an exhibit elsewhere. http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#18 6731f1ce-6303-459e-9f74-44453a2424af http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/boxtype%20-%2028/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/boxtype%20-%2028/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_3"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">LA</span> <span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">SUCRENA</span> tin octagon c1915. Fact. 1101 1st PA.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Since the 1700’s cigars have been packed standing on end in boxes called <span class="style_10">uprights. </span>Tin is the most common material for uprights. <span class="style_11">Uprights are featured in an exhibit elsewhere.</span><span class="style_12"> </span></p></div></div> Tin cans were used extensively from 1910 to 1930. Tin cans are featured in two exhibits elsewhere. The P.Lorillard and Tin exhibit contains numerous cans exclusive to that exhibit. [3086] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#19 632ebfea-4659-4d65-8214-4ea5b233c484 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/30tincan86/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/30tincan86/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_7">Tin cans were used extensively from 1910 to 1930.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_4"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Tin cans are featured in two exhibits elsewhere.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_4"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">The P.Lorillard and Tin exhibit contains numerous cans exclusive to that exhibit.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3086]</span></p></div></div> Fact. 1054, 3rd NYC used this hinged 10/5 box for 4.25” cigars in 1913. Black printing on simulated wood grain. The brand lasted for 40 years. [3567] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#20 b4ed805a-fb5b-4c36-97d2-1ca250602977 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/cdb67/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/cdb67/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_7">Fact. 1054, 3rd NYC used this hinged 10/5 box for 4.25” cigars in 1913. Black printing on simulated<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">wood grain. The brand lasted for 40 years.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3567]</span></p></div></div> Copyrighted 1914, but used in 1917, this distinctive package was popular for a decade or more. Also found with a glass lid. Cigars by Penn Cigar Co., Reading (Fact. 3, 1st PA). [3089] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#21 c920499a-e5f9-400a-b4d9-00660c9f07af http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tincan89/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tincan89/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_7">Copyrighted 1914, but used in 1917, this distinctive package was popular for a decade or more. <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Also found with a glass lid. Cigars by Penn Cigar Co., Reading  (Fact. 3, 1st PA).<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3089]</span></p></div></div> Tin 10/5 hinged box used by Gans Bros., Fact. 293, 3rd NY City, for their 6.5” long fellows in the 1920’s. Like Cuban boxes in the 1840’s, black ink on dark colored hard to read background. “Economical Smoke of Quality” suggests priced at 25¢. [3597] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#22 871aa43c-3285-4712-87ec-dec90a4d069c http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/cdb97/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/cdb97/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_7">Tin 10/5 hinged box used by Gans Bros., Fact. 293, 3rd NY City, for their 6.5” long fellows in the 1920’s.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Like Cuban boxes in the 1840’s, black ink on dark colored hard to read background. “Economical Smoke of Quality” suggests priced at 25¢.    [3597]</span></p></div></div> Top and inside of unusually large 16” long 100/25 tin box. Space-hogging distinctive design was probably effective attention getter if retailers were willing to give a 3¢ cigar double space in their counter. An under-rated gem. [2980] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#23 e8d59239-5c35-4146-a84c-53a08e995937 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin80/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin80/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_7">Top and inside of unusually large 16” long 100/25 tin box. Space-hogging distinctive design was probably effective attention getter if retailers were willing to give a 3¢ cigar double space in their  counter.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">An under-rated gem.  [2980]</span></p></div></div> At less than 3” long, this is one of the smallest commercial tin cigar boxes. Fact. 493 Maryland about 1920. That’s a nickel. A box may have sold for no more than that. [2981] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#24 25e54578-41f9-4b26-97f9-819aa4133ee0 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin81/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin81/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_7">At less than 3” long, this is one of the smallest commercial tin cigar boxes.  Fact. 493 Maryland<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">about 1920. That’s a nickel. A box may have<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">sold for no more than that.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2981]</span></p></div></div> A distinctively shaped 1920’s tin slide box used by a handful of brands, SAY-SO and AS YOU LIKE IT being the most often found. [4324] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#25 454c7103-5e77-4e2b-936b-3cbefdac6f6a http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/boxtype4324/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/boxtype4324/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_7">A distinctively shaped 1920’s  tin slide box used<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">by a handful of brands, </span><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">SAY-SO</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"> and </span><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">AS YOU LIKE IT</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"> being the most often found.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[4324]</span></p></div></div> Barnes, Smith Co. added a match striker to the back of their 50¢ hinged 10/5 tin of Junior size (c4”) cigars made in Fact. 324, 21st NY (Binghamton) around 1920. [3560] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#26 15138989-de70-4b31-84d7-a24d478b607b http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/cdb60/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/cdb60/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_7">Barnes, Smith Co. added a match striker to the<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">back of their 50¢ hinged 10/5 tin of Junior size (c4”) cigars made in Fact. 324, 21st NY (Binghamton) around 1920.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3560]</span></p></div></div> Clever hinged tin 5/5 bulbous in the middle to accommodate similarly shaped cigars made by W.K. Gresh (Fact.1839, 1st PA) around 1915. [2970] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#27 d7cf1f5a-0f40-4836-97aa-eb6844bccbd3 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin70/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin70/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_3">Clever hinged tin 5/5 bulbous in the middle to accommodate similarly shaped cigars made by <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_3">W.K. Gresh (Fact.1839, 1st PA) around 1915.<span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2970]</span></p></div></div> Its poor condition would normally preclude display, but this odd once-lovely mid 1920’s tin was used by General Cigar to hold 50 of their ROBT BURNS making it of some note. [3167] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#28 8c7c0a64-cfe1-4dd1-b1ff-69e5a52bece9 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo67/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo67/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_7">Its poor condition would normally preclude display, but this odd once-lovely mid 1920’s tin was used by General Cigar to hold 50 of their ROBT BURNS<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">making it of some note.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3167]</span></p></div></div> Two dividers, three compartments, fifty cigars. How would you have packed them? [3168] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#29 cbf1acd3-939c-4afe-8476-88219263f98a http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo68/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo68/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_7">Two dividers, three compartments, fifty cigars.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">How would you have packed them?<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3168]</span></p></div></div> Wow. A lovely portrayal of Julia Marlowe playing Juliet on broadway. I don’t know what it has to do with cigars but it’s a good looking tin. [2923] Curator’s favorite. http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#30 d9a849b6-74f0-4c21-a6d4-59d1befcfb16 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin23/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin23/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_7">Wow.  A lovely portrayal of Julia Marlowe playing Juliet on broadway. I don’t know what it has to do with cigars but it’s a good looking tin.  <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2923] </span><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_13">Curator’s favorite.</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"><br/></span></p></div></div> Lithoed inside as well. Cigars were made in Fact. 24, IRD 17. The guarantee is signed Granda Hermanos y Ca. c1920. [2924] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#31 79703d82-2116-4a84-9e19-96effbac0780 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin24/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin24/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_7">Lithoed inside as well. Cigars were made in <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Fact. 24, IRD 17. The guarantee is signed<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Granda Hermanos y Ca.  c1920.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2924]</span></p></div></div> Very colorful hinged tin 50/13 lithoed inside as well. Used in the 1920’s by Nathan Elson & Co. in New Orleans (Fact. 44 Louisiana). Fairly common, and very lovely. [2955] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#32 6fdb91bd-33cc-453e-84c5-9b59e7419e2e http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin55/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin55/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_7">Very colorful hinged tin 50/13 lithoed inside as well.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Used in the 1920’s by Nathan Elson & Co. in <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">New Orleans (Fact. 44 Louisiana). <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Fairly common, and very lovely.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2955]</span></p></div></div> [2956] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#33 4a04f4e5-49ce-424e-93da-f90685cd2103 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin56/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin56/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_7"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2956]</span></p></div></div> Same theme on the hinged 10/5, but without the gun toting rider. Same maker. [2958] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#34 40725c73-7c04-4611-a6d2-90f8a64a8d4a http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin58/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin58/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_7">Same theme on the  hinged 10/5, but without the gun toting rider.  Same maker.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2958]</span></p></div></div> The rider is inside, an extravagance if these are marketed by the box, but ideal if the intent was to display them open on a countertop. Marketing genius or wastefulness? [2957] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#35 ea963197-8f9c-4a9d-83c3-3dc203c0ffb8 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin57/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin57/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_7">The rider is inside, an extravagance if these are marketed by the box, but ideal if the intent was<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">to display them open on a countertop.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Marketing genius or wastefulness?<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2957]</span></p></div></div> 1928 American Can Company ad featuring one of the late 1920’s more popular cigars and box designs. [3183] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#36 e05b5b8c-871f-4af7-8280-e658e7749a23 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo83/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo83/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_7">1928 American Can Company ad featuring<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">one of the late 1920’s more popular cigars<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">and box designs. <br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3183]</span></p></div></div> Eisenlohr’s best selling brand had been packed in tin before. Major brand, major player, late 1920’s. [7179] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#37 03a1bc86-a86f-4a27-92c5-4411475ef739 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/71cincoAJG79/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/71cincoAJG79/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_7">Eisenlohr’s best selling brand had been packed in<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">tin before. Major brand, major player, late 1920’s.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[7179]</span></p></div></div> Similar tin using the same dies held cigars given away at a convention in 1931. [2977] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#38 d0a677e8-8934-4a39-8831-58fdd1e0b74f http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin77/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin77/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_7">Similar tin using the same dies held cigars given<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">away at a convention in 1931.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2977]</span></p></div></div> Lovely 11.5” wide Canco tin used by Fact. 1288, 1st District of PA in the 1920’s to retail 100 cigars, they hoped by the box. [2928] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#39 e486e8be-842a-4eb2-b5f1-cfbe7f7b8eec http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin28/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin28/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_7">Lovely 11.5” wide Canco tin used  by <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Fact. 1288, 1st District of PA in the 1920’s<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">to retail 100 cigars, they hoped by the box.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2928]</span></p></div></div> Effective use of three colors on a hinged tin 25/5 box from the 1920’s. “Hand production means perfection” is the slogan. Fact. 435 Boston Mass. [2960] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#40 91023385-21c6-45e7-9a34-d788cae5fbf5 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin60/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tin60/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_7">Effective use of three colors on a hinged tin 25/5 box from the 1920’s. “Hand production means perfection” is the slogan. Fact. 435 Boston Mass.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[2960]</span></p></div></div> Arts and literature have been themes since the 1830’s. Authors, performers and characters all made it onto cigar labels. More often than not, paper labels were used on rather plain stock boxes, this time by Fact. 1726, 1st PA in the 1920’s. [3095] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#41 760504d2-592f-44fb-b898-e5eb5ed7357a http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tincan95/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tincan95/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="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Arts and literature have been themes since the 1830’s. Authors, performers and characters all made it onto cigar labels. More often than not, paper labels were used on rather plain stock boxes, this time by Fact. 1726, 1st PA in the 1920’s.  [3095]</span></p></div></div> The most famous most recognizable brand ever packed in tin boxes of 50. To visit an exhibit of Bayuk PHILLIES click at the top of the page. Tin use fell dramatically in the 1930’s and 40’s tho Bayuk continued up to WWII. [3157] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#42 cdd67e79-7315-4188-b380-f0f06b02d4e9 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo57/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo57/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_7">The most famous most recognizable brand ever packed in tin boxes of 50. </span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_14">To visit an exhibit of Bayuk </span><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_15">PHILLIES</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_14"> click at the top of the page.</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"><br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Tin use fell dramatically in the 1930’s and 40’s<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">tho Bayuk continued up to WWII. [3157]</span></p></div></div> BUCK, CREMO, HERALD are among the giant trunks that turn up regularly. These railroad shipping containers held 5000 cigars and were supposed to be returned, but when the brands were discontinued in the 1930’s wholesalers and retailers kept them. http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#43 ffce751e-9482-4ef2-a988-ea5805e4cf85 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/100059_1_md/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/100059_1_md/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_3">BUCK, CREMO, HERALD are among the giant trunks that turn up regularly. These railroad shipping containers held 5000 cigars and were supposed to be returned, but when the brands were discontinued<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">in the 1930’s wholesalers and retailers kept them. </p></div></div> BERING Admirals attractive 25/5 chest is in an old tradition, but done with a modern flair. One of three distinctive tins the company used in the late 1950’s and early 60’s. [3141] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#44 f73f1096-25b9-401f-a4f4-0a69f355090a http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo41/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo41/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_5"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_16">BERING</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"> Admirals</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17"> attractive 25/5 chest is in<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17">an old tradition, but done with a modern flair.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17">One of three distinctive tins the company used<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17">in the late 1950’s and early 60’s.</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3141]</span></p></div></div> BERING Regal from after 1960. Another attractive package. [3143] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#45 c0b1256d-3c27-428d-a426-0ab2e6735b40 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo43/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo43/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_5"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_16">BERING</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"> Regal</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17"> from after 1960.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17">Another attractive package.</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"><br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3143]<br/></span></p></div></div> BERING Regal from after 1960. Very attractive in my opinion. [3144] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#46 8573c095-f15f-43ab-be80-9f77c4923625 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo44/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo44/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_5"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_16">BERING</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"> Regal</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17"> from after 1960.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17">Very attractive in my opinion.</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"><br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">[3144]<br/></span></p></div></div> BERING Galleons is a worthy late 1950’s addition into the cigar box hall of fame. I bought this box new. Corrosion is the result of living 50 feet from the Pacific and forces me to de-accession all tin, leather and brass. [3142] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960.html#47 f7f4a8dc-3049-4635-a705-35223e451eab http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo42/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Boxes_1900-1960_files/Media/tintoo42/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_5"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_16">BERING</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7"> Galleons</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_17"> is a worthy late 1950’s addition into the cigar box hall of fame. <br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_18">I bought this box new. Corrosion is the result of living 50 feet from the Pacific and forces me to <br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_18">de-accession all tin, leather and brass.  </span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_19">[3142]</span></p></div></div>