More Early Cuban Labels A National Cigar Museum Exclusive Photos courtesy of Thomas Wangler, Dottingen, Germany

More Early Cuban Labels A National Cigar Museum Exclusive Photos courtesy of Thomas Wangler, Dottingen, Germany http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html Like the Cuban examples in the first exhibit, these are the oldest cigar labels yet found, and among the earliest use of commercial lithography to create point-of-sale advertising for packaging of a commercial product. Tho from the same 1835 to 1868 period, the majority of these are neither as graphic nor as topical as those seen in the first Early Cuban Labels exhibit. These are exhibited to allow scholars of early advertising and packaging to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the struggles undergone by the pioneers who experimented with package and label design, layout, topic, font choice, color, and brand name. The cigar industry progressed from precedent-less chaos to innovation within standardization and gave birth, over the next half century, to all modern advertising. This expansion of the NCM exhibit of the earliest known cigar labels is made possible by the courtesy of wine label aficionado Thomas Wangler, a German collector who found these in a scrapbook of wine and liquor labels he purchased. Mr. Wangler has since disbursed the collection, now in private hands in the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America. Vertical style usually pasted flat on the top of boxes. [xx049] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#0 9c551def-3604-456f-a168-ca7c23af2a85 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx049/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx049/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Vertical style usually pasted flat on the top of boxes.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx049]</p></div></div> Small end and inner label with unusually heavy (out of proportion?) border. [xx050] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#1 709ad8c2-8475-4005-89f3-3a2d4d3e91a6 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx050/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx050/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Small end and inner label with unusually<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">heavy (out of proportion?) border.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx050]</p></div></div> Label printed for cigarettes made for the Russian market of a mix of domestic and Turkish tobacco. [xx051] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#2 bd06238d-ffd3-4685-936b-a707a6ab6ac2 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx051/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx051/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Label printed for cigarettes made for the Russian market of a mix of domestic and Turkish tobacco. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx051]</p></div></div> Similar to label seen in first exhibit, but printed on a different color paper. Note octagonal cut by hand. [xx055] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#3 db830e4b-e304-4aed-80d1-356ee2c35ae2 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx055/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx055/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Similar to label seen in first exhibit, but printed on a different color paper. Note octagonal cut by hand.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx055]</p></div></div> The mahogany tree. Another very heavy border and use of broadside like type font arrangement, with each line a different face. [xx056] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#4 44e9aac0-d7eb-4ce0-a145-83a7a210aa0f http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx056/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx056/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The mahogany tree. Another very heavy<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">border and use of broadside like type font<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">arrangement, with each line a different face.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx056]</p></div></div> Variant, slightly newer, probably 1850’s. Different owner. Not in the NCM collection. http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#5 a4b05a8e-d1ef-4f9f-961c-b2c3dbdb65e0 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/234832578_tp/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/234832578_tp/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Variant, slightly newer, probably 1850’s.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Different owner.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_7">Not in the NCM collection.</span></p></div></div> The sweet pineapple. Oval inner with hand-done octagonal cut. [xx057] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#6 428d104a-0a32-4bf5-b874-c7712d3b71dc http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx057/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx057/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The sweet pineapple. Oval inner with <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">hand-done octagonal cut.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx057]</p></div></div> Top label with maker’s warrantee. [xx058] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#7 38c1a03f-8f1d-459b-a8a1-818309e50c99 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx058/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx058/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Top label with maker’s warrantee.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx058]</p></div></div> King palm, an island staple. [xx094] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#8 51e583ba-5e06-4b05-b2d4-972375ec43e2 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx094/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx094/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">King palm, an island staple.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx094]</p></div></div> The label style that ultimately “wins” and becomes the standard outer in the U.S. and Cuba during the 1860’s and 1870’s for boxes of 100. [xx059] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#9 71c499ac-677f-4007-b106-2317dc977f9c http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx059/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx059/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The label style that ultimately “wins” and<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">becomes the standard outer in the U.S.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">and Cuba during the 1860’s and 1870’s<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">for boxes of 100.  [xx059]</p></div></div> Same label on brown ink on odd green paper. The square picture fit the end of a box of 100 and the text overlapped onto the top of the box. [xx089] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#10 9bda8d7f-32ce-418c-b3dc-a9eed2ee8322 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx089/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx089/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Same label on brown ink on odd green paper. The square picture fit the end of a box of 100 and<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">the text overlapped onto the top of the box.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx089]</p></div></div> Fabrica de tobacos translates as “cigar factory.” How exactly this label was used is unknown. [xx070] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#11 c0658002-e2fd-4540-b61f-5c308ca5a8e4 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx070/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx070/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Fabrica de tobacos translates as “cigar factory.”<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">How exactly this label was used is unknown.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx070]</p></div></div> Black on yellow was a readable and attractive early combination. [xx080] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#12 65b0eaf2-c661-4862-9faf-ecae302cf1d8 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx080/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx080/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Black on yellow was a readable and attractive<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">early combination.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx080]</p></div></div> Another label with exact use unknown. Depicts the type of boat making weekly runs to Cuba from NY and Philadelphia during most.of the 19th century. [xx082] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#13 e7a059ee-3745-414e-8ceb-068770ebb455 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx082/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx082/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Another label with exact use unknown.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Depicts the type of boat making weekly runs to Cuba from NY and Philadelphia during most.of the 19th century.   [xx082]</p></div></div> “The Design” is stylish design. Round labels were used as both inners and outers. [xx091] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#14 acaf2d2b-e378-4e17-93c7-e08d0e88692d http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx091/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx091/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">“The Design” is stylish design. Round labels<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">were used as both inners and outers.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx091]</p></div></div> Brand of Francisco Perez del Rio, an important early manufacturer. Oval inner with octagonal hand-cut. [xx092] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#15 4b68b1a1-583c-4de6-9262-e74f325cf9ba http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx092/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx092/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Brand of Francisco Perez del Rio,<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">an important early manufacturer.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Oval inner with octagonal hand-cut.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx092]</p></div></div> “Loyalty” exemplified by a man and his dog by Morejon y Roxas, makers of cigarettes and “segars of every description” according to their inner. [xx093] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#16 cd5a44a4-73e1-47ef-82ca-e805cd5013b8 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx093/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx093/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">“Loyalty” exemplified by a man and his dog by Morejon y Roxas, makers of cigarettes and “segars of every description” according to their inner.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx093]</p></div></div> The Count of Nesselrode, a negotiator of Treaty of Paris ending the US Revolutionary War. Strange versions of Russian and US flags. Very early label honoring important diplomat. [xx096] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#17 9ee2b6f7-2925-44c9-9fd2-4363d2a37130 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx096/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx096/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The Count of Nesselrode, a negotiator of Treaty of Paris ending the US Revolutionary War. Strange<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">versions of Russian and US flags. Very early<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">label honoring important diplomat.  [xx096]</p></div></div> Supporter of Queen Regent Maria Christina against pretender Don Carlos in the 1830’s. Early topical label. [xx098] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#18 6631e2e0-7844-4eb9-a709-d85786121ea4 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx098/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx098/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Supporter of Queen Regent Maria Christina <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">against pretender Don Carlos in the 1830’s.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Early topical label.  [xx098]</p></div></div> Oval inner with octagonal cut. A lot of extra work with questionable benefit. [xx097] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#19 979dc247-6526-44bc-b21c-fc1254865467 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx097/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx097/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Oval inner with octagonal cut. A lot of<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">extra work with questionable benefit.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx097]</p></div></div> Simple small label reading Cigar Factory of Don Fernando Rodriguez del Valle outside the wall. [xx095] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#20 c8d87e30-f678-48af-ba1d-a0cc43c56981 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx095/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx095/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Simple small label reading Cigar Factory of Don Fernando Rodriguez del Valle outside the wall.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx095]</p></div></div> Simple use of maker’s name and bi-lingual Spanish and French text for the European market. [xx099] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#21 895bc6b5-da0d-41af-a89e-ecdb8db97510 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx099/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx099/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Simple use of maker’s name and bi-lingual<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Spanish and French text for the European market.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx099]</p></div></div> Probably colloquial use of El Espeso, since it’s literally thick, dense, gross, heavy, slovenly... [xx100] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#22 b5982d08-ca15-4b2c-bf5d-993217888ce9 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx100/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx100/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Probably colloquial use of El Espeso, since it’s literally thick, dense, gross, heavy, slovenly...<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx100]</p></div></div> A common form of label in Cuba, simply giving the maker’s name and signature in Spanish and in the language where marketed. Oval inner. [xx102] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#23 178131f9-7155-4eae-9d21-0e13139e53cc http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx102/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx102/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">A common form of label in Cuba, simply giving <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">the maker’s name and signature in Spanish<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">and in the language where marketed. Oval inner.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx102]</p></div></div> Typical Spanish English label, but announcing a change of name and address. [xx103] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#24 2036ae01-8f82-4467-a938-82e3e26fc849 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx103/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx103/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Typical Spanish English label, but announcing<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">a change of name and address.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx103]</p></div></div> Blue on white depiction of the deadly hurricane of 1844 which destroyed the tobacco crop. [xx132] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#25 eccafa52-e0ae-446e-bd61-669c337b8e9e http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx132/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx132/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Blue on white depiction of the deadly hurricane of 1844 which destroyed the tobacco crop.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx132]</p></div></div> Red depiction of the same event. [xx137] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#26 4ffd4796-190e-49cf-a99c-80af9a3faf76 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx137/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx137/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Red depiction of the same event.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx137]</p></div></div> Inevitable combination of the two. Certainly one of the earliest two color cigar labels. [xx101] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#27 3512fcbb-8c9c-4e18-8af4-85cc06fc191a http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx101/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx101/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Inevitable combination of the two. Certainly<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">one of the earliest two color cigar labels.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx101]</p></div></div> Spanish-English-French label with ultimately odd ratio of picture to text. [xx104] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#28 d02f4479-2904-43b9-9b0d-44c011210bae http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx104/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx104/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Spanish-English-French label with ultimately<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">odd ratio of picture to text.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx104]</p></div></div> English material manufacturer turned economist and writer who traveled extensively. Elected to Parliament as anti-corn law rep. in 1840’s. Early use of contemporary politician. [xx106] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#29 367bf1f0-24ab-424f-8653-329e7ffc6790 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx106/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx106/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">English material manufacturer turned economist<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">and writer who traveled extensively. Elected to Parliament as anti-corn law rep. in 1840’s.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Early use of contemporary politician. [xx106]</p></div></div> Simple unattractive oval with 8 different typefaces, a common practice carried over from handbills and posters. [xx107] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#30 99b9be65-1bad-44eb-9f87-b04d919328a2 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx107/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx107/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Simple unattractive oval with 8 different typefaces, a common practice carried over from handbills and posters. [xx107]</p></div></div> Blank ink on colored paper, makers name and address, decorative border and each line a different font. Oval design with octagonal cut. [xx108] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#31 0669af17-084e-430f-879f-6af92cc6e501 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx108/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx108/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Blank ink on colored paper, makers name and address, decorative border and each line a different font. Oval design with octagonal cut. [xx108]</p></div></div> Sweetness of smell on a French, English and Spanish label with decorative border and maker’s name and address. [xx109] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#32 4a404bd4-f579-4908-ab52-e73f16e430d1 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx109/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx109/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Sweetness of smell on a French, English<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">and Spanish label with decorative border and maker’s name and address.  [xx109]</p></div></div> Young Black. Text on top of a picture on a vertical label is the style that predominates in later decades, but not in this ratio. [xx131] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#33 05dc8464-80aa-4150-a71e-3a9da71a9aea http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx131/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx131/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Young Black. Text on top of a picture on<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">a vertical label is the style that predominates<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">in later decades, but not in this ratio.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx131]</p></div></div> Major-General commanding Indian army in early 1840’s. Picture on top, text below is a short-lived label design, not practical except as a top label. Useless inside or on the end. [xx133] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#34 ec4c2d60-c432-4ded-9bd9-e0cda37ae061 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx133/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx133/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Major-General commanding Indian army in early 1840’s. Picture on top, text below is a short-lived<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">label design, not practical except as a top label. Useless inside or on the end. [xx133]</p></div></div> Punctuality or preciseness, possibly referring to uniformity of hand-made product. Soon to be discarded label style. [xx135] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#35 92affcd2-fedd-417d-9ff5-b8b179f6a8a7 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx135/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx135/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Punctuality or preciseness, possibly referring to uniformity of hand-made product. Soon to be<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">discarded label style. [xx135]</p></div></div> The eagle is the most common of cigar label birds. Rare mention of the cigar factory as wholesalers is on this “eight-sided” but uncut label. [xx138] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#36 b1f1716b-5271-4553-95b7-3349020a88fa http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx138/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx138/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The eagle is the most common of cigar label birds. Rare mention of the cigar factory as wholesalers is on this “eight-sided” but uncut label. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx138]</p></div></div> Literary characters appeared on labels early. French and Spanish. [xx136] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#37 35646daf-77d5-4b8e-868f-2cb2d6a946d0 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx136/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx136/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Literary characters appeared on labels early.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">French and Spanish.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx136]</p></div></div> Lithographer signed label emphasizing the island’s connection to the mother country. Lit. de Gobierno. Cigars by Ramon Diaz y Ca (and company). [xx139] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#38 2b7ed64a-b481-4144-80a2-a0c607eda067 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx139/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx139/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Lithographer signed label emphasizing the island’s connection to the mother country. Lit. de Gobierno.  Cigars by Ramon Diaz y Ca (and company).<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx139]</p></div></div> The brand name can mean competence and also competition. Cigars by Juan Suarez. Octagonal design and cut was not common. [xx143] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#39 9aef0bff-099a-48ba-b1e7-a0df53adf2fd http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx143/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx143/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The brand name can mean competence and also competition. Cigars by Juan Suarez. Octagonal design and cut was not common. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx143]</p></div></div> Label looks the same except for paper color but close inspection shows the die from which it was printed is very close but different. No lithographer’s mark on the label on the right. [xx153] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#40 54f204d9-27f0-4bca-85f5-14de2b4e7b05 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx153/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx153/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Label looks the same except for paper color but close inspection shows the die from which it was<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">printed is very close but different. No lithographer’s<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">mark on the label on the right.  [xx153]</p></div></div> Resolution, determination of Pablo Valdes. Six fonts on a small oval is typical of the period. [xx147] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#41 a693c7c7-0b60-4ba0-b48f-4b600e3f52a9 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx147/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx147/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Resolution, determination of Pablo Valdes.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Six fonts on a small oval is typical of the period.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx147]</p></div></div> Close examination of the label collection reveals a limited number of fonts, used repeatedly. There were only a few lithographers. [xx148] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#42 78dee3a0-b015-4955-81d4-45199a0d0071 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx148/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx148/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Close examination of the label collection reveals a limited number of fonts, used repeatedly. There were only a few lithographers. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx148]</p></div></div> More ornate than most borders. English text uses “segars” spelling. Words run together in second line of type. Infiesta? [xx146] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#43 9ee81977-15fa-4c9f-9d04-dc6f35707fa3 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx146/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx146/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">More ornate than most borders. English text<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">uses “segars” spelling. Words run together<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">in second line of type. Infiesta?<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx146]</p></div></div> ASEO is cleanliness, a good name for a cigar in days when that was a concern. Fancy border, eight typefaces in 13 lines. Spanish, English and French text. [xx169] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#44 cd35e937-9ce7-450e-9eb3-c216a6575d8c http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx169/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx169/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">ASEO</span> is cleanliness, a good name for a cigar<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">in days when that was a concern. Fancy border, eight typefaces in 13 lines. Spanish, English and French text. [xx169]</p></div></div> When borders take over. Experimental placement of the brand name within a very thick border. Successful? You decide. [xx175] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#45 de9b5e41-2430-444b-95ad-260183e34f23 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx175/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx175/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">When borders take over. Experimental placement of the brand name within a very thick border. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Successful?  You decide.  [xx175]</p></div></div> Octagonal cut around a typical oval label. Bendueles? [xx182] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#46 a076c238-09f5-4754-97d3-6ec27b014cad http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx182/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx182/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Octagonal cut around a typical oval label. Bendueles? <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx182]</p></div></div> The Globe cigar factory of Manuel Nora. Tercera are the lowest quality cigars. Picture-frame border. [xx149] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#47 4d4f2ce2-38e7-4f9b-8395-0bf5170b3d9e http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx149/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx149/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The Globe cigar factory of Manuel Nora. <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Tercera are the lowest quality cigars.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Picture-frame border.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx149]</p></div></div> The Globe cigar factory used a fancier label with a more decorative border for their Bueno (good) grade of cigars. Still not the highest possible grade. I wonder what that label looked like. [xx154] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#48 9d2db69f-632d-444a-8795-1faaea762929 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx154/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx154/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The Globe cigar factory used a fancier label with a more decorative border for their Bueno (good) grade  of cigars. Still not the highest possible grade. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">I wonder what <span class="style_9">that</span> label looked like.  [xx154]</p></div></div> Heavy border in odd double-signed label touting the tobacco as “from the Leeward Coast,” a perhaps unique declaration. [xx165] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#49 f12d86ec-3670-4910-a209-308eafa57bb4 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx165/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx165/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Heavy border in odd double-signed label<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">touting the tobacco as “from the Leeward Coast,” <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">a perhaps unique declaration.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx165]</p></div></div> A statue of the three graces decorates this triptych design for LA VICTORIA cigars. Text in Spanish, English and German. Lit. del Gobierno[?]. [xx141] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#50 87481929-0c79-4853-9a5e-80c93de19b21 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx141/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx141/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">A statue of the three graces decorates this triptych design for <span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_8">LA VICTORIA</span><span style="line-height: 11px; " class="style_10"> </span>cigars. Text in Spanish, English and German. Lit. del Gobierno[?].<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx141]</p></div></div> Flor is one of the better grades of cigar. Estefan Dominguez Diazl uses a florid decorative border, suitable given the use of Flora (same meaning as in English) as a brand name. [xx167] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#51 2f37e1b5-f2f1-43f7-9efc-0728f026d6cf http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx167/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx167/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Flor is one of the better grades of cigar.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Estefan Dominguez Diazl uses a florid decorative<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">border, suitable given the use of Flora (same meaning as in English) as a brand name. [xx167]</p></div></div> No brand name or maker’s name, just a factory address on this unusual label with cut rounded corners. Text in Spanish, English and French. [xx170] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#52 3b9447a6-e322-464a-b89d-e23b5f36b0ff http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx170/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx170/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">No brand name or maker’s name, just a factory address on this unusual label with cut rounded corners. Text in Spanish, English and French.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx170]</p></div></div> One of Cuba’s oldest cigar brands, mentioned in an 1838 Boston newspaper advertisement. Spanish, French and English text. [xx178] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#53 93db4114-0438-454f-90ca-261f25034026 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx178/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx178/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span class="style_9">One of Cuba’s oldest cigar brands,</span> mentioned in an 1838 Boston newspaper advertisement.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Spanish, French and English text.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx178]</p></div></div> Decorative border on small (4” mas o menos) labels which could be used as inner or outer. Eight fonts were used on this Spanish-English label. [xx179] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#54 fbc1abd0-bbfa-400a-bd77-9dedf56621b8 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx179/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx179/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Decorative border on small (4” mas o menos)<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">labels which could be used as inner or outer. Eight fonts were used on this Spanish-English label.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx179]</p></div></div> Square bottom image with text above, the style which ultimately is adopted for nearly all outer labels. Lithograph of spinning woman is by Luis Marquier. [xx183] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#55 cda4bbc8-3c7b-4598-9df8-dbc076b1b95d http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx183/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx183/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Square bottom image with text above, the style which ultimately is adopted for nearly all outer labels.  Lithograph of spinning woman is <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">by Luis Marquier.  [xx183]</p></div></div> Spanish, English and German text highlight this vertical label used by Joaquin Diaz. [xx184] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#56 6f014169-3ded-49d9-b3c6-7398cd7912c6 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx184/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx184/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Spanish, English and German text highlight this vertical label used by Joaquin Diaz.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx184]</p></div></div> Early labels, like this, often indicated that the tobacco comes from the manufacturer’s own vega (farm) in the Vuelta Abajo (Cuba’s best tobacco region). [xx229] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#57 1c197eb4-0fcb-4f1e-9160-c0eb56acfc4b http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx229/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx229/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Early labels, like this, often indicated that the tobacco comes from the manufacturer’s own<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">vega (farm) in the Vuelta Abajo (Cuba’s best<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">tobacco region).  [xx229]</p></div></div> First label of long-lived important brand’s top grade of cigar. Anselmo Gonzales del Valle was maker of other brands seen in the first exhibit. [xx230] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#58 9ea77b53-4a87-4b2e-aeec-a71126d9578a http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx230/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx230/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">First label of long-lived important brand’s top<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">grade of cigar. Anselmo Gonzales del Valle<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">was maker of other brands seen in the first exhibit. [xx230]</p></div></div> Tri-lingual label with maker identified only as A.F. [xx234] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#59 00518aa9-ff6d-4ad1-a04c-90dd66d9674b http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx234/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx234/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Tri-lingual label with maker identified<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">only as A.F.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx234]</p></div></div> Triple-layered border on an all-Spanish label named after, but not picturing, a brunette. Maker not identified. [xx235] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#60 d9670fe1-abe9-4a01-aefd-e093c93a1896 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx235/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx235/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Triple-layered border on an all-Spanish label <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">named after, but not picturing, a brunette.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">Maker not identified. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx235]</p></div></div> Astronomical brand name: Sirius or the dog-star appears on this all Spanish label. [xx237] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#61 823d4922-204d-4b1d-8121-a7592d012a06 http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx237/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx237/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Astronomical brand name: Sirius or the dog-star<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">appears on this all Spanish label.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx237]</p></div></div> Good taste or good pleasure in Spanish, English and German. [xx238] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#62 ec791003-d88c-4870-8ff7-2490d71ac77b http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx238/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx238/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Good taste or good pleasure in Spanish,<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2">English and German.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">[xx238]</p></div></div> Ambrosia is the same in many languages. Text in Spanish, English, and French. Highly unusual use of “cigarros” to mean cigars when it is more commonly translated as cigarettes. [xx244] http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II.html#63 2b7739f0-6c6d-439a-9cac-70fe87febf6c http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx244/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels_II_files/Media/xx244/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Ambrosia is the same in many languages. Text in Spanish, English, and French. Highly unusual use<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">of “cigarros” to mean cigars when it is more commonly translated as cigarettes.  [xx244]</p></div></div>