- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood, cedar; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0028
- Description
- A rectangular cigar box of natural cedar with dovetailed corner joints. The lid closes with a metal latch. The front is stamped with “Panatella, aged in Canada.” The lid has a red shield-shaped label reading “Pandora Cigars.” The interior of the box is divided into two compartments with advert…
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- Title
- Cigar Box
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood, cedar; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 12.6 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- A rectangular cigar box of natural cedar with dovetailed corner joints. The lid closes with a metal latch. The front is stamped with “Panatella, aged in Canada.” The lid has a red shield-shaped label reading “Pandora Cigars.” The interior of the box is divided into two compartments with advertising copy and a price ticket (ten cents). The base bears warning regarding the use of the box.
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0028
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood, cedar; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0029
- Description
- A cedar cigar box covered with white paper on each side with “El Presidente” in gold script on the hinged cedar lid. The left side of the box is girded by a blue paper Canadian Excise stamp, and the right side of the box has a coloured label, with a shield, stuck over the top and down the side, and…
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- Title
- Cigar Box
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood, cedar; paper
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 13.5 x 21.2 cm
- Description
- A cedar cigar box covered with white paper on each side with “El Presidente” in gold script on the hinged cedar lid. The left side of the box is girded by a blue paper Canadian Excise stamp, and the right side of the box has a coloured label, with a shield, stuck over the top and down the side, and the front has a large sticker bearing the “El Presidente” crest over the front of the lid and down the sides. All the seals have been broken by the opening of the lid. The base bears a warning regarding the use of the box.
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0029
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0030 a-c
- Description
- Three “Tueros” cigar boxes of cardboard covered with paper. The lid of each box lid closes with a paper hinge. The boxes are reddish brown and the sides have black lettering and “Tueros” repeated over and over in small red rectangles. Each lid has a crest of red and gold that reads “Tueros Cigars…
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- Title
- Cigar Box
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 15.5 x 19.8 cm
- Description
- Three “Tueros” cigar boxes of cardboard covered with paper. The lid of each box lid closes with a paper hinge. The boxes are reddish brown and the sides have black lettering and “Tueros” repeated over and over in small red rectangles. Each lid has a crest of red and gold that reads “Tueros Cigars, de Tuero y Hermanos.” The inside of each box is white with a coloured Cuban scene on the lid.
- Subject
- households
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0030 a-c
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