Selling Smoke
Selling Smoke

How Canadian Cigar Boxes Pitched Their Wares  1883-1935

Buyer Enjoy—Buyer Beware
 Take Our Word For It

If quality could be guaranteed simply by the name of the cigar, discerning customers still
had quite a choice to make.

Cigar box label : The Boss  
The Boss
Trimmed nailed wood box (50)
Factory 2 IRD 13 Series of 1883
Manufacturer unknown, Victoriaville, Que.
CMC 2003.46.40 | S2003-3266
Cigar box label : Canada's Leader  
Canada's Leader
Trimmed nailed wood box (50)
Factory 5 Port 50-E Series C
Wedgewood Cigar Co., Toronto, Ont.
CMC 2003.46.4 | S2003-3157
Cigar box label : M&N Sublime  
M&N Sublime
Trimmed nailed wood box (50)
Factory 20 IRD 32 Series of 1897
Likely McLeod, Nolan & Co., London, Ont.
CMC 2004.122.2 | D2004-21023
Cigar box label : Davis' Sublime  
Davis' Sublime
Trimmed nailed wood box (10)
Factory 6 IRD 17 Series of 1897
S. Davis & Sons, Ltd., Montreal, Que.
CMC 2004.38.29 | D2004-19450
Cigar box label : Ne Plus Ultra / La Realidad  
Ne Plus Ultra / La Realidad
Trimmed nailed wood box (25)
Factory 23 IRD 17
Series of 1897
Maker unknown, Montreal, Que.
CMC 2001.185.10 | S2002-6861
Tony Hyman Collection
Cigar box label : Our Choice  
Our Choice
Trimmed nailed wood box (50)
Factory 6 IRD 33 Series of 1897
Peter Heinbecker, Listowel, Ont.
CMC 2004.38.63 | D2004-19831
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