Tin Trunks A Cigar History Museum Exclusive © Tony Hyman Uploaded 2008. Last modified: July 7, 2011.

Tin Trunks A Cigar History Museum Exclusive © Tony Hyman Uploaded 2008. Last modified: July 7, 2011. http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html Sometime between the late 1890’s and 1910, Elmer Kirkland Cigar Co. and Hummell & Co., both in Binghamton, NY, adopted tin boxes shaped and printed like travel trunks (yes that’s what luggage looked like). Deutsch Bros. of NYC was a third major user about whom almost nothing is known. American Can and other tin-box-makers must have sold the idea to more than these three companies. If you have others, I’d like to hear from you. 1904 ad says “these packages have long been standard with the trade.” [2945] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#0 cf7418cf-7f2d-4e4f-b14b-18be362de6c7 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin45/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin45/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_4">1904 ad says “these packages have long been standard with the trade.”<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2945]</span></p></div></div> Cigars by Elmer Kirkland, Binghamton, c1900. Fact. 810, 21st Dist. Central NY [2932] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#1 13705ca8-c96d-4dcb-a9f0-5ee32436921c http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin32/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin32/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_4">Cigars by Elmer Kirkland, Binghamton, c1900.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">Fact. 810, 21st Dist. Central NY<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2932]</span></p></div></div> Cigars by Hummell & Co., Binghamton, c1900. Fact. 760, 21st Dist. Central NY. [2930] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#2 04fad674-7907-4220-a5eb-c274e6505a4c http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin30/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin30/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_4">Cigars by Hummell & Co., Binghamton, c1900.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">Fact. 760, 21st Dist. Central NY.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2930]</span></p></div></div> Cigars by Deutsch Bros., New York City, c1900. Fact. 92, 3rd Dist. New York City. [2933] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#3 5c770622-4d89-4a42-9bd4-03acd93b11ff http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin33/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin33/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_4">Cigars by Deutsch Bros., New York City, c1900.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">Fact. 92, 3rd Dist. New York City.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2933]</span></p></div></div> More than a dozen different labels have been found in tin trunks. [2940] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#4 060b9c64-82ee-4238-85ac-8e67675a0383 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin40/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin40/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_4">More than a dozen different labels<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">have been found in tin trunks.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2940]</span></p></div></div> CUBAN DAISY and JOE WHEELER are the two most often found labels in tin trunks. [2948] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#5 64e08aac-afe7-4e20-a33c-02d2b6f5122d http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin48/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin48/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: 11px; " class="style_5">CUBAN DAISY</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4"> and </span><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_5">JOE WHEELER</span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4"> are the two <br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">most often found labels in tin trunks.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2948]</span></p></div></div> [2942] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#6 7ba6a006-5a41-4e13-a6d8-8fda3c943c9c http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin42/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin42/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_4"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2942]</span></p></div></div> “Not Made by a Trust” sticker confirms it’s date as 1900 to 1910. [2939] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#7 418de4d6-4c60-43bb-90e2-212549bced50 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin39/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin39/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_4">“Not Made  by a Trust” sticker confirms<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">it’s date as 1900 to 1910.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2939]</span></p></div></div> Kirkland trunks are those found most often, but this is one of the more rare ones. Latch broken. Unusual in that the box reads Fact. 810, while the CN reads Fact. 760 (Hummel’s factory), both 21st, NY. [11004] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#8 ad4ba072-878b-4846-abfa-a7be41a1488f http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/11004/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/11004/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_4">Kirkland trunks are those found most often, but this is one of the more rare ones. Latch broken. Unusual in that the box reads Fact. 810, while the CN reads Fact. 760 (Hummel’s factory), both 21st, NY. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">[11004]</p></div></div> Close up of one of the more difficult to find labels used in Kirkland trunks. Western vignettes of Fremont, RRs, K troop and a covered wagon. [11005] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#9 e805980e-2efb-4a5e-9904-cdc580a09584 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/11005/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/11005/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_4">Close up of one of the more difficult to find labels used in Kirkland trunks. Western vignettes of Fremont, RRs, K troop and a covered wagon.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">[11005]</p></div></div> [2946] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#10 58fad971-a5fd-4b37-ab8a-afb2c9fd73b8 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin46/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin46/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_4"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2946]</span></p></div></div> [2947] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#11 e932c311-ae51-444c-a301-07c78fb07efc http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin47/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin47/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_4"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2947]</span></p></div></div> This speckled rust is nicknamed ‘acne’ and no tin this badly infected will interest a collector. [2931] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#12 562face9-8261-46b9-aa90-680979bce86a http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin31/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin31/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_4">This speckled rust is nicknamed ‘acne’ and no tin this badly infected will interest a collector.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2931]</span></p></div></div> This damage is called ‘alligatoring’ for obvious reasons. It happens to tins that have undergone serious temperature changes, like being stored in an upstate NY barn or unheated attic. [2941] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#13 2348e325-039c-4b68-8d86-1c9ea48c2cc8 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin41/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin41/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_4">This damage is called ‘alligatoring’ for obvious reasons. It happens to tins that have undergone serious temperature changes, like being stored<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">in an upstate NY barn or unheated attic.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2941]</span></p></div></div> The three ends to help you compare. Top to bottom: Kirkland, Hummel, Duetsch. [2949] http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks.html#14 25dab2cc-688d-4f79-ac78-7775c75c2224 http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin49/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Tin_box_types/Tin_Trunks_files/Media/tin49/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_4">The three ends to help you compare.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">Top to bottom: Kirkland, Hummel, Duetsch.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_4">[2949]</span></p></div></div>