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CANADA IN A BOX
THE BOXES
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FROM SEA TO SEA
WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW
LIVES OF MEN AND BOYS
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INTRODUCTION
Unlikely Relics
THE CIGAR STORE
INSPIRATION
How a Cigar Box Elephant Inspired a Collection
ANATOMY OF A CIGAR BOX
The Outer Box
Revenue Stamp
Bottom Brand
Licence Codes / IRD-Port-Factory Numbers (PDF–85KB)
Sales
Labour
The Inner Box
WHY ARE THERE CIGAR BOXES?
The "Golden Age" of Cigars
Early "Point-of-Sale" Advertising
QUIZ
HOW OLD IS MY CIGAR BOX?
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CONTACT THE CURATOR
CREDITS
54e Régiment
7-2-4
Ace
Amo
Arabela
Bachelor
Beaver
Ben Bey
Beresford
Berlin Old Boys
Big 4
Bouncer
Bull-Dog
Buster Brown
C.P.R.
Cable
Canny Scot
Capadura
Casino
Chamberlain
Checkers
Colonel Steele
Conductor's Punch
Confederation
Cupid's Web
Dalia - Parfum du Soir
Dargai
David Harum
Dolly Varden
Don't Argue
Dorotea
Drummer
Dutch Mike
Earl of Minto
Edmon
Fairy Queen
Flor de Claro
Flora Belle
G.T.P. Grand Trunk Pacific
Gainsborough
Gen'l Wolfe
George Washington -
Cristof Columbus
Gladstone
Gold Fields
Granby Smelter
Grand Union Special
Grandmother
Grant
Haggis
Harold H.
Highland Lassie
Highland Reel
Hockey
Hogen-Mogen
Hotel Vancouver
Hyslop's Favorite
Ideal
Intercolonial
Irma
Irving
Irving (Coronation Year
Souvenir)
Irving (Duke & Duchess of
Connaught)
Irving (H.R.H. Edward,
Prince of Wales)
Jack Canuck
Jim Hill
Joe. Montferrand
Joe's Prime
John Bull (Series of 1897)
John Bull (Series of 1915)
Julia Marlowe
Jumbo
Kelly's Gold
Keystone
Khedive
King's Guineas
La Canadienne
La Champagne Cigar
La Farosa
La Maritana
Lady Ashley
Laurier (ca. 1930)
Laurier (Series of 1922)
Le Cardinal
Little Meteor
Little Sports
Lord Raglan
Lord Russell
Lord Tennyson
Manness's Cut-Off
Maple Leaf
Marguerite
Maritima
Meteghan Beauty
Mic-Mac
Milligan's Arabela
Milo
Mizpah
Moffatt's Special
National
Neutral
New Canadian Belle
No Match
Noisy Boys (ca. 1883-1889)
Noisy Boys [Var.]
Nymphs & Satyr
Ocean Signals
Oh! Boy
On Hand
Our Dick
Our Pipers
Our Prescription
Pathfinder
Pebble
Peg Top
Pharaoh
Pickaninnies
Prince George Hotel
Punch (Series of 1897)
Punch (Series of 1922)
Quail on Toast
Queen's Chocolate
R.G. Dun
Regatta
Reina Victoria
Rob Roy
Roosevelt
Rosa Royal
Rosebery
Royal Family
Royal Punch
Sam's Favorite
Seal Skin
Shaw's Single Binder
She That's All
Sir Haig
Smacks
Special Havane de Dupuis
Stonewall Jackson
Students
Sweet Rose
Talisman
Tam O'Shanter
The Atlantic
The Beaver
The Beaver Mercantile Co.
Special
The Berlin Cigar
The Boston Cigar
The Cabinet
The Chairman
The Clansman
The Hunter
The Jap
The Kennel
The Line Cigar
The Magnet
The Mexican
The Pride of Victoria
The Queen
The Seal of B.C.
Toronto Beauty
Traveller
Traveller's Club
Tucketts Montreal
Union Star
Van Horne
Varsity
Virginia
Webster
White Sailor
Who's Been Here
Yarmouth Beauty
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