Like sports, the sea evoked a colourful, manly life for male cigar buyers.
THE ATLANTIC
Trimmed nailed wood box (50)
Factory 14 IRD 32 Series of 1883
Fraser & Stirton, London, Ont.
CMC 2001.185.32 Tony Hyman Collection
HYSLOP'S FAVORITE
Trimmed nailed wood box (50)
Factory 4 IRD 30 Series of 1883
Hyslop and Garroch, Ancaster, Ont.
CMC 2003.46.28
OCEAN SIGNALS
Trimmed nailed wood box (100)
Factory 1 IRD 33 Series of 1897
Geo. Levett, Stratford, Ont.
CMC D-13560
MARITIMA
Trimmed nailed wood box (50)
Factory 30 IRD 17 Series of 1897
Possibly S. Hirshenhoren, Montreal, Que.
CMC 2001.185.28 Tony Hyman Collection
The Maritima's cross-dressed sailor lass with the cigar in a
dainty holder foreshadows 1920s images of modern young women defiantly
dangling cigarettes in their lips. The label is German, customized for a
North American market.