Cigar Box Labels: Portraits of Life, Mirrors of History by Gerard Petrone Frederick County

Frederick County

HOLTZINGER

MEDDENDORF

and American examples and their talented makers

including newspapers

Cigar Box Labels: Portraits of Life, Mirrors of History by Gerard Petrone Frederick CountyTable of Contents Cigar Box Labels: Portraits of Life, Mirrors of History pays tribute to cigars and the pictorial glory of Victorian era cigar box labels, a unique form of commercial advertising that flourished in the business place a century ago and helped drive cigars to widespread prominence in American society. Those who fancy these stunningly beautiful paper images as a hobby are in the midst of the hottest area of antique tobacco advertising