Series II: Ephemera, 1870-1936, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series includes cigar bands, cigar box labels, tobacco tags, cigarette boxes, cigarette cards, and tobacco pouches. The ephemera is variously mounted on boards, sleeved, and displayed in scrapbooks.
Cigar Bands, 1874-1935, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Cigar bands with imagery including Civil War generals, United States presidents, and international heads of state.
Cigar Box Labels A-K, 1874-1935, inclusive
Cigar Box Labels L-Z, 1874-1935, inclusive
Cigar Protectors, 1880
Scope and Contents
Reliance Cigar Co. box of lithographed, accordion folded, glassine and card stock single cigar protectors for pocket portage. Illustrated on front and back with a burning cigar.
Cigarette Boxes, 1933
Scope and Contents
Kinsman's Asthmatic Cigarettes, 10 empty boxes.
Scrapbooks, 1878-1936, inclusive
Scope and Contents
"Cigar Bands" - two volumes of specialty collector books with slotted pages filled with cigar bands. Both volumes are inscribed "Annie L. Taff" in pen on the inside front cover; one volume is also marked "Fred A. Taff." 1878-1905.
"White Knight" - child's collection of 420 cigar bands in a notebook, 1900-1906.
"Estemento Superiores" - a child named Ward Heinzman's collection of 351 cigar bands (along with some postage stamps) in a ledger book, 1908.
"Wills Cigarette Picture-Card Album of Household Hints," 1936.
Tobacco Pouches, 1940
Scope and Contents
Scotten, Dillon Company "Yankee Girl" chewing tobacco pouches (10).
Tobacco Tags, 1870-1930, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Embossed and printed tin plug tobacco tags on boards.