Selling Smoke
Selling Smoke

How Canadian Cigar Boxes Pitched Their Wares  1883-1935

Index
 By Label

  2 Cents Straight
7-2-4
Arabela
Artiste
Au Turc
B&H
B&H. Premiers
B&H No. 7
Bachelor
Baled Havanas
Big 5
Blackstone
Bollard's Mild
Blue Ribbon
Broker
C.B.
Cabinets
Cable
Canada's Leader
Capadura
Casino
Check
Convincidad
Crow
Cubana
Cuban Barons
Daily Double
Davis' Sublime
Dutch Mike
El Doro
El Maska "Chica"
El Padre
El Presidente
El Roi-Tan
Fair Exchange
First Pick
  Gold Coin
Grand Master
Granda's De Luxe
Green Seal
Harvester
Havana "Pep"
Havana Twists
Highway
House of Lords
Humber
Idalia - Parfum du Soir
Irma
Kinkead's Panetela Extra
Key West
La Bella Otero
La Farosa
La Palina
La Preferencia
La Rosa Especial
Las Palmas
Legion of Honor
Lewis' L.L Superior
Little Meteor
M&N Sublime
Manilla Straights
Milo
My Partner
Ne Plus Ultra / La Realidad
Net Results
New 5
Norma
On Hand
Oriental
Our Choice
Ovido

  Peg Top
Purity
Queens
Red Seal
Rosa Royal
Royal Punch
Savannah
Scotty
Seven Twenty Four
Shaw's Single Binder
Simon's Havanas
Simon's Smokers
Solicidad
Solid Silver
Split End
Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson (Detail)
Sweet Rose
Tom Tiger
Tooth Pick
Tory
The Bell Cigar
The Berlin Cigar
The Boss
The Bouquet
The Chairman
The Elk
The Merchant
The Peach
The Pride of Victoria
The Queen
The Royal Burner
The Royal George
The Straight 5
The Trump Cigar
Tuckett's Preferred
Tuckett's Club Special
Tutti Frutti

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By Maker

  A. & I. Isaacs, Saint John, N.B.
Queens

A. Isaacs, St. John, N.B.
On Hand

A. Smith & Co., London, Ont.
Green Seal

A.E. Kinkead & Co., Sherbrooke, Que.
Kinkead's Panetela Extra

A.H. Brener, London, Ont. (likely)
Tutti Frutti

A.S. Hart, Saint John, N.B.
Manilla Straights

Ameri-Cuba Cigar Factory, Toronto, Ont.
My Partner

Andrew Wilson & Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
Bachelor
Humber

B. Houde & Co., Quebec, Que.
Sweet Rose

Barry Cigar Factory, Quebec, Que.
Scotty

Benson & Hedges, Montreal, Que.
B&H
B&H. Premiers
B&H No. 7
The Trump Cigar

Brener Bros., London, Ont.
Capadura

Brener Limited, Toronto and Montreal.
Legion of Honor

Charles Blankstein, Berlin, Ont.
C.B.

Charles Blankstein, Kitchener, Ont.
Red Seal

Chas. Blankstein, Kitchener, Ont.
Blue Ribbon

Chas. Landau & Co., Ltd.,
Montreal, Que. (likely)

La Bella Otero

De Luxe Cigar Factory, Montreal, Que.
7-2-4

E. Levy or J.E. Normandin, Montreal, Que.
Tom Tiger

E. Youngheart, Montreal, Que. (likely)
La Rosa Especial

Eastern Townships Cigar Co.,
Sherbrooke, Que.

La Farosa

Edmonton Cigar Factory, Edmonton, Alb.
Shaw's Single Binder

F.H. or J.G. Ward, Stratford, Ont.
The Merchant

F.L. Flynn., Hamilton, Ont. (likely)
Fair Exchange

General Cigar Co., Montreal Que.
La Preferencia

General Cigar Co., Toronto, Ont. (likely)
Stonewall Jackson

General Cigar Company Limited,
Montreal, Que.

Blackstone

General Cigar Company, Montreal, Que.
La Palina

Geo. A. McGowan Co., Ltd., Kingston, Ont.
Milo

Goulet Bros., Montreal, Que.
Artiste

H. or J. Sauvageau, Montreal, Que.
Net Results

H. Simon & Sons, Montreal, Que.
Irma
Simon's Havanas
Simon's Smokers

H. St-Georges, Enrg., Joliette, Que.
Bollard's Mild

H.E. Cooke & Co., Owen Sound, Ont.
Tooth Pick

H.O. Sontag or J. White, Hamilton, Ont.
Royal Punch

Harper, Presnail Cigar Co.,Ltd.
Hamilton, Ont.

The Elk

Hilda Cigar Co., Hamilton, Ont.
Solicidad

Imperial Tobacco Company, Ltd.,
Montreal, Que.

Daily Double

Isaac Harris or E. Youngheart,
Montreal, Que.

The Royal George

J. Bruce Payne, Sherbrooke, Que. (likely)
The Peach

J. Hirsch, Sons & Co., Montreal, Que.
The Straight 5

J. Renaud, Joliette, Que. (likely)
Casino

J. Smith, London, Ont.
The Bouquet

J.O. (likely Chas. Landau & Co., Ltd.),
Montreal, Que.

La Bella Otero

John McNee & Sons, London, Ont.
Norma

Jones Bros., Woodstock, Ont.
Crow
Split End

Jose Gaste Co. / Mi Linda Cigar Co.,
London, Ont.

Baled Havanas

Jose Granda Limited, Montreal, Que.
Cuban Barons

Jose Granda, Montreal, Que.
Granda's De Luxe
L. Lewis & Co., Montreal, Que.
Lewis' L.L Superior

L.O. Grothé Ltd., Montreal, Que. (likely)
House of Lords

L.O. Grothe, Ltd., Montreal, Que.
Ovido

L.O. Grothe, Montreal, Que.
Peg Top

Line, McDonald & Co., London, Ont.
Little Meteor

Maker unknown, Joliette, Que.
Las Palmas

Maker unknown, Montreal, Que.
Ne Plus Ultra / La Realidad

Maker unknown, Sherbrooke, Que.
Au Turc

Maker unknown, Victoriaville, Que.
The Boss

McLeod, Nolan & Co., London, Ont. (likely)
M&N Sublime

McLeod, Nolan & Co's., London, Ont.
El Doro

N. Préfontaine, Marieville, Que. (likely)
Gold Coin

North American Cigar Co., Kitchener, Ont.
Big 5

O. GagnÉ, Sherbrooke, Que.
New 5

P.A. Pelletier & Co., Montreal, Que. (likely)
2 Cents Straight

Peter Heinbecker, Listowel, Ont.
Cabinets
Key West
Our Choice

Poulin & Co., Brockville, Ont.
Purity

Pride Cigar Factory, Victoria, B.C.
The Pride of Victoria

Punch Cigar Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
Havana "Pep"

Quebec Cigar Mfg. Co., Quebec, Que.
The Royal Burner

Rock City Cigar Co. Ltd.,
Quebec, Que. (likely)

Havana Twists

Rock City Cigar Co., Levis, Que.
Check

Rock City Cigar Co., Levis, Que. (likely)
Solid Silver

S. Davis & Sons, Ltd., Montreal, Que.
Cable
Davis' Sublime
Grand Master

S. Davis & Sons, Montreal, Que.
El Padre

Spanish Cigar Factory, Toronto, Ont.
Arabela

Spires Brothers, Toronto, Ont.
Highway

Stirton & Dyer, London, Ont.
Savannah

T. J. Fair & Co., Limited, Brantford, Ont.
Oriental
The Chairman

The Bell Cigar Company, St. John, N.B.
The Bell Cigar

The Canada Cigar & Tobacco Co. Ltd.,
Montreal, Que.

Harvester

The Emporium Cigar Co.,
Ste-Hyacinthe, Que.

El Maska "Chica"

The Imperial Cigar Company (Limited),
Kitchener, Ont.

Tory

The Latonia Cigar Co., Brantford, Ont.
Rosa Royal

The National Cigar Co., Toronto, Ont.
First Pick

The Orpheum Cigar Co.,
Winnipeg, Man. (likely)

El Roi-Tan

The Queen Cigar Factory, Sherbrooke, Que.
The Queen

The Rock City Cigar Co., Lévis, Que. (likely)
Broker

The Sherbrooke Cigar Co., Sherbrooke, Que.
Seven Twenty Four

Topper Cigar Co., Toronto, Ont.
Cubana

Tuckett Tobacco Co., Ltd., Hamilton, Ont.
Tuckett's Club Special

Tuckett's, Montreal, Que.
Tuckett's Preferred

Ulric Aubin, Montreal, Que. (likely)
Idalia - Parfum du Soir

Von Neubronn & Co.,
Berlin (Kitchener), Ont.

The Berlin Cigar

W.R. Webster & Co., Sherbrooke, Que.
Dutch Mike

W.R. Webster & Co., Sherbrooke, Que.
El Presidente

Wedgewood Cigar Co., Toronto, Ont.
Canada's Leader

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 Canada in a Box - By Label

  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
You Know

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