Bad Brand Names A National Cigar Museum EXCLUSIVE © Tony Hyman Updated February 20, 2010

Bad Brand Names A National Cigar Museum EXCLUSIVE © Tony Hyman Updated February 20, 2010 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html When a company decides to offer a new product today, advertising consultants, psychologists, packaging experts, market researchers, budget analysts and layer after layer of executives get into the act. Surveys are taken, statistics are gathered, books are read, and decades of experience are considered. Even the most amateur of marketers knows the golden rules of successful advertising involve focussing on greed, health, beauty, family, and the good life with pictures of women, children, dogs and people having fun. Any advertiser that detours from that formulae does so at his own risk. But it wasn’t always that way. More than a century and a half ago there were no such rules or guidelines. There were no experts, no ad agencies, no pollsters. In the 1840’s, when cigar merchandizers began selling cigars in consumer size packages they became advertising pioneers. Concepts we take for granted today... pictures of babies and dogs will outsell images of turnips and dead goats... didn’t exist. It was the cigar industry, almost single-handedly, that experimented with images and text and discovered the rules that everyone follows today. The cigar industry’s influence on advertising and packaging became huge because the level of experimentation exceeded that of any other product in history. Cigars were the only commercially retailed product made by more than a quarter million U.S. factories in which everyone was involved. Cigar factories created brands. Cigar brokers created brands. Cigar wholesalers created brands, Cigar retailers created brands. And, unlike ANY other product, cigar consumers, the smokers themselves, created brands. For a penny or two per 100, anyone could picture or say anything they wanted on a cigar box. Millions of people had ideas. Not all ideas were good. Some were just OK. J.B. Fralich Fact. 394, 9th (Manheim) PA 1911. [1613] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#0 5bb435f5-f453-4b54-9bc9-dcc5a28ace0a http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1613/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1613/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Some were just OK.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">J.B. Fralich Fact. 394, 9th (Manheim) PA  1911.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1613]</p></div></div> Actually more than one. The price is a clue to just how OK they were. [9183] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#1 1fb4e277-554c-4302-b37d-eb9236267310 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9183/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9183/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Actually more than one. The price is a clue<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6">to just how OK they were.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[9183]</p></div></div> Some cigars were downright peculiar. Would you ask for one of these? Batchelder Bros., 1876. [1609] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#2 5aef96ab-db1a-4e1b-882b-fe509f4c1f4b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad9/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad9/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Some cigars were downright peculiar. <br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Would you ask for one of these?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Batchelder Bros., 1876.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1609]</p></div></div> Better yet...three of them for only a nickle. [1611] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#3 8144972a-ac5e-426c-97e2-9a9f5d1e7daf http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad11/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad11/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Better yet...three of them for only a nickle.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1611]</p></div></div> Would you buy a rotten one? What’s in a name? A lot! Fact. 1728, 14th Dist. NY c1912 [1612] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#4 63ba56ce-7155-43e9-8ba8-282513c0635b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1612/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1612/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Would you buy a rotten one?<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">What’s in a name? A lot!<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Fact. 1728, 14th Dist. NY  c1912<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1612]</p></div></div> This brand looks fine, until you say it out loud. “Give me a sorry cigar.” Fred Kolbe, Fact. 997, Lester Prairie, Minn. 1930. [1614] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#5 1b1c3453-b549-4835-82b4-9b49d0014a70 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1614/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1614/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">This brand looks fine, until you say it out loud.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">“Give me a sorry cigar.”<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Fred Kolbe, Fact. 997, Lester Prairie, Minn. 1930.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1614]</p></div></div> A cigar with no appeal, but it has an eye-catching label. Fact. 495, 1st Dist. Ohio c1913 [1602] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#6 2d7f4ce4-6705-4326-85b2-81a3eaa6b0f7 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1602/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1602/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_5">A cigar with no appeal, but it has <br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_5">an eye-catching label.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Fact. 495, 1st Dist. Ohio  c1913<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1602]</p></div></div> A fraudulent product at the biggest price. Now there’s marketing for you. R.J. Reynolds, 1937. [1642] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#7 f784e1c1-3dbf-48e5-87af-e3724c765c18 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad42/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad42/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_9"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">A fraudulent product at the biggest price. <br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_9"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">Now there’s marketing for you.<br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6"><br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">R.J. Reynolds, 1937.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">[1642]</span></p></div></div> Puppies and babies are great, but how would you feel asking for a sucker’s cigar? Oscar Jaehrig, Fact. 274, 1st (San Diego) Calif. [1615] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#8 c3e26d85-f4e9-4185-a73e-dbf6a3e2724b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1615/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1615/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_5">Puppies and babies are great, but how would<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_5">you feel asking for a sucker’s cigar?</span><span style="line-height: 9px; " class="style_7"><br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6"><br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">Oscar Jaehrig, Fact. 274, 1st (San Diego) Calif. <br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">[1615]</span></p></div></div> Is a chump better than a sucker? Barlow, Rogers & Simpson, Fact. 641, 21st NY. (Binghamton) c1890. [1616] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#9 b1d0c3ed-1780-47fc-9cd7-2790fa1a8911 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1616/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1616/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Is a chump better than a sucker?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Barlow, Rogers & Simpson, Fact. 641, 21st NY.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">(Binghamton)  c1890.    <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1616]</p></div></div> Would you feel any better asking for this one? “Gimme a misfit’s cigar.” M. Brilles & Co., Fact. 231, 23rd (Allegheny) PA c1900. Possibly a brand of seconds. [1628] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#10 9edf567d-e939-47d0-930d-ce1164128e8b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1628/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/1628/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Would you feel any better asking for this one?<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">“Gimme a misfit’s cigar.”</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">M. Brilles & Co., Fact. 231, 23rd (Allegheny) PA  c1900.  Possibly a brand of seconds.  <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"> [1628]</p></div></div> Is an Old Nut worse than a misfit? American Cigar Co., Westfield, Mass, c1902 [8595] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#11 b133ec8f-36cb-4030-bbe0-1291f4f3ab7d http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/thirties8595/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/thirties8595/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_10"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">Is an Old Nut worse than a misfit?<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_11"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6"><br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_11"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">American Cigar Co., Westfield, Mass, c1902<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_11"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">[8595]</span></p></div></div> Try asking for a Cyco cigar aloud. I comes out psycho’s cigar. How’s that for niche marketing? J.H. Roberts, Fact. 6 South Dakota, 1927. [1626] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#12 352619c5-2f1f-4274-ad32-dfee7324cc4a http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad26/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad26/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Try asking for a Cyco cigar aloud. I comes out<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">psycho’s cigar. How’s that for niche marketing?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">J.H. Roberts, Fact. 6 South Dakota, 1927.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1626]</p></div></div> A cigar for con-men? Politicians? E.W. Washburn Fact. 484, Ist Wisconsin, c1905. [1636] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#13 058c114c-1904-44ce-ae74-aca9685c109b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad36/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad36/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">A cigar for con-men?  Politicians?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">E.W. Washburn  Fact. 484, Ist Wisconsin, c1905.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1636]</p></div></div> “Gimme a tramp’s cigar” lacks a sophisticated ring. Uncataloged, c1905. [2618] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#14 b605109e-1970-4ec9-90d6-3e4684c0e1bc http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/2618/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/2618/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">“Gimme a tramp’s cigar” lacks <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6">a sophisticated ring.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Uncataloged, c1905.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[2618]</p></div></div> Is it self-incrimination to ask for a Peeping Tom’s cigar? The ultimate in niche marketing. Barnes Smith & Co. Fact. 1239, 21st NY Binghamton, c1890. [2609cu] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#15 afd3645d-8cde-49e3-a0f6-04e32134597b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/2609cu/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/2609cu/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Is it self-incrimination to ask for a Peeping Tom’s cigar?  The ultimate in niche marketing.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Barnes Smith & Co. Fact. 1239, 21st NY<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Binghamton, c1890.   <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[2609cu]</p></div></div> “Would you like a beer with that?” [12515] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#16 224ba885-3ef5-460c-886a-47b7a2f0d05a http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/12515/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/12515/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">“Would you like a beer with that?”<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[12515]</p></div></div> And this appeals to...? J.C. Koester Fact. 718 1st (Lomira) Wisc, 1910. [1617] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#17 a6a7a045-4695-4e2e-bb41-77848df9e1b9 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad17/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad17/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">And this appeals to...?<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">J.C. Koester  Fact. 718 1st (Lomira) Wisc, 1910.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1617]</p></div></div> A cigar named after a bug poison. Packed like it too. Would you smoke one, with that slogan. George Knight Fact. 579, 1st Ill. (Chicago) 1912. A 12/up can that’s very rare, with good reason. [1630] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#18 81423aef-f152-4d5c-a30c-e781da683178 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad30/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad30/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_5">A cigar named after a bug poison. Packed like it too. Would you smoke one, with that slogan.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">George Knight Fact. 579, 1st Ill. (Chicago) 1912.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">A 12/up can that’s very rare, with good reason.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1630]</p></div></div> What pleasant make-you-want-to-smoke-one image does this name conjure up? “Made of tobacco.” As opposed to what? Daniel Spotts Fact. 3810, 9th (Red Lion) PA 1917 [1637] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#19 655ec365-65fa-4175-9a4d-6b5a22b045e7 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad37/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad37/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">What pleasant make-you-want-to-smoke-one image does this name conjure up? “Made of tobacco.”   As opposed to what?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">Daniel Spotts  Fact. 3810, 9th (Red Lion) PA  1917 [1637]</p></div></div> Brand looks and sounds too much like “cruddy” to appeal to me. Begs to be called that. Fact 803 (state missing), 1917-1918 [1618] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#20 0cef823d-f2e4-4755-ac7e-460ec87ae02f http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad18/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad18/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Brand looks and sounds too much like “cruddy” to appeal to me. Begs to be called that.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Fact 803 (state missing),  1917-1918<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1618]</p></div></div> If fads appeal, this is a hit. I can’t see a serious smoker asking for “a fad cigar.” H.A. Lundquist, Fact. 1 Minnesota 1929. [9171] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#21 04f5b794-3c15-47f8-b420-a0997e46a67e http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9171/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9171/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">If fads appeal, this is a hit. I can’t see a <br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">serious smoker asking for “a fad cigar.”</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">H.A. Lundquist, Fact. 1  Minnesota  1929.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[9171]</p></div></div> Fact. 1902, 1st Dist PA 1898 [9508] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#22 d075c957-5a0e-437a-a1c1-006ab424d039 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9508/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9508/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">Fact. 1902, 1st Dist PA  1898<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[9508]</p></div></div> A giant rat with a negro baby riding on its tail. L. & E. Kaufman, Fact. 4, 3rd NYC, c1886 Rat tails are long skinny cigars pointed both ends. [1619] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#23 d6209d5a-a882-4c8e-9028-0da2e94b60d0 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad19/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad19/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">A giant rat with a negro baby riding on its tail.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">L. & E. Kaufman, Fact. 4, 3rd NYC, c1886<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">Rat tails are long skinny cigars pointed both ends. [1619]</p></div></div> Does making them out of velvet make them more smokable? Wetzel County Cigar, New Martinsville, West VA. [1620] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#24 20dbf5c4-b551-40c7-90ab-8bc12f021d10 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad20/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad20/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Does making them out of velvet make<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">them more smokable?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_8">Wetzel County Cigar, New Martinsville, West VA. </span>[1620]</p></div></div> Illustrate a river, call your cigar PURE GRIT and you have an image of sand in your food or butt crack. I’d rather have tobacco in my cigar. Fact. 331, 1st PA 1941. [1634] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#25 796cdb4b-c377-4edd-b4e8-98095a3c44a6 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad34/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad34/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Illustrate a river, call your cigar PURE GRIT and you have an image of sand in your food or butt crack. I’d rather have tobacco in my cigar.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Fact. 331, 1st PA  1941.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1634]</p></div></div> If you don’t like grit, screen out the big chunks. What siftings do you want your cigar made of? Lewyn & Martin, Fact. 34, 3rd NYC for a Texas retailer. The brand name is stolen from a magazine of the 1880’s. [1631] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#26 c5d09d76-4e08-4091-98ab-9522f34059f1 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad31/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad31/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">If you don’t like grit, screen out the big chunks.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">What siftings do you want your cigar made of?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">Lewyn & Martin, Fact. 34, 3rd NYC for a Texas retailer. The brand name is stolen from a magazine of the 1880’s.   [1631]</p></div></div> The brand conjures images of licking a lead ingot, or cold grey lead shavings in your cigar. George Biesmann Fact. 63, 1st (Galena) Illinois. Local appeal brand. 1917-1918. [1625] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#27 f9ffa295-6043-41cd-8ec5-e833066ab23b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad25/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad25/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">The brand conjures images of  licking a lead ingot, or cold grey lead shavings in your cigar.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">George Biesmann Fact. 63, 1st (Galena) Illinois.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Local appeal brand.  1917-1918. <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1625]</p></div></div> Custom brand for a Louisville paint company perhaps because of the lead in the paint !? Uncatalogued. c1910. [1633] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#28 f9644bc7-d700-4afb-9c8f-62925d20eb0c http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad33/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad33/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Custom brand for a Louisville paint company<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">perhaps because of the lead in the paint !?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Uncatalogued. c1910.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1633]</p></div></div> Straight to the point says the surgeon general. Not in the NCM collection. [w0000] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#29 c524fd11-0d23-4963-b694-ddd0b5b6a5e9 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/MVC-055S/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/MVC-055S/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Straight to the point says the surgeon general.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_9">Not in the NCM collection. </span>[w0000]</p></div></div> Images of a cool, refreshing smoke. John G. Spatz, Fact. 12, 1st PA in Reading created and manufactured this less that great idea. [2336] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#30 0e4ee90d-00cb-46ab-9d95-730146311283 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/things36/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/things36/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Images of a cool, refreshing smoke.<span class="style_10"><br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_6"><span class="style_10"><br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_6"><span class="style_10">John G. Spatz, Fact. 12, 1st PA in Reading created and manufactured this less that great idea.</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[2336]</p></div></div> Smoke quickly? The meaning of this is lost, perhaps a local in-joke, but not appealing. W.G. Suelke, Fact 1350, 1st PA (Quakertown). Reminds me of a cheapskate prop girl who worked on Gene Hackman’s bad Western. Ask. [7898] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#31 c41612dc-66fb-4845-abd8-e805f132ac28 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/78womenBj98/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/78womenBj98/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Smoke quickly?  The meaning of this is lost,<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">perhaps a local in-joke, but not appealing.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_11">W.G. Suelke, Fact 1350, 1st PA (Quakertown).<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_11">Reminds me of a cheapskate prop girl who worked on Gene Hackman’s bad Western.  Ask.  </span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">[7898]</span></p></div></div> Not a red mark on your neck, but a chain of cigar stores in the 1920’s. Fact. 203 Iowa, 1928. [1638] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#32 2d4cfffb-be5c-499c-ab99-2e9158d05e1b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad38/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad38/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Not a red mark on your neck, but a chain of<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">cigar stores in the 1920’s.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Fact. 203 Iowa, 1928.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1638]</p></div></div> Black sheep are misbehaving outcasts. Just the image you want for your product. 1917-1918. Catalog card missing. [1622] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#33 d4a8bdfd-95cd-496f-a1cc-882062d8f3b0 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad22/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad22/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Black sheep are misbehaving outcasts.<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Just the image you want for your product.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">1917-1918.  Catalog card missing.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1622]</p></div></div> ALL WOOL 2 1/2 YARDS WIDE. A wool cigar? Not if you have ever smelled burning wool. Fact. 6 Vermont. Very early 1870’s style label but this box was sold in 1896. [1635b] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#34 b06cc2f3-6574-4a38-962e-00665b55f61e http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad35b/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad35b/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">ALL WOOL 2 1/2 YARDS WIDE. A wool cigar? Not if you have ever smelled burning wool.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Fact. 6 Vermont. Very early 1870’s style label <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">but this box was sold in 1896.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1635b]</p></div></div> Speaking of great smells... H.Fendrich, Fact. 202, 7th (Evansville) Indiana. [1623] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#35 622a844d-6b06-4112-90e3-3ed8af64f67c http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad23/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad23/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Speaking of great smells...<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">H.Fendrich, Fact. 202, 7th (Evansville) Indiana.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1623]</p></div></div> Speaking of great smells II... Ruhe Bros. Fact. 956, 1st PA (Allentown) 1900±. [5685] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#36 b806f423-8dd7-4e24-95b6-5e31236dc95a http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/barnyard5685/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/barnyard5685/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Speaking of great smells II...</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_8">Ruhe Bros. Fact. 956, 1st PA (Allentown) 1900±.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[5685]</p></div></div> Smoking a mohair teddy bear is not a smell to look forward to either. Tony Bennauer, Fact. 935, 1st (Mendota) Ill.,c1912 [10008] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#37 b0b2ab25-80f5-4bba-b331-43ef2a9d299d http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/10008/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/10008/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Smoking a mohair teddy bear is not a smell to look forward to either.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Tony Bennauer, Fact. 935, 1st (Mendota) Ill.,c1912<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[10008]</p></div></div> Burning feathers are no improvement. Weirdest name for a cigar I’ve seen yet. O’brien Bros, Fact. 4 IRD 34, Chatham, Ontario Canada, c1886 [9102] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#38 780c0b54-cf4b-45f2-b0cd-fe00675b296e http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9102/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9102/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Burning feathers are no improvement.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6">Weirdest name for a cigar I’ve seen yet.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">O’brien Bros, Fact. 4 IRD 34, Chatham, Ontario<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Canada,  c1886   <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[9102]</p></div></div> Want a spider in your mouth? With most Americans afraid of spiders this seems chancy. C.N. Hurd Fact. 35, Somersworth, NH, c1920. [1605] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#39 417195bd-057b-4700-9232-39824f48f0b1 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad5/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad5/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Want a spider in your mouth? With most Americans afraid of spiders this seems chancy.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_8">C.N. Hurd  Fact. 35, Somersworth, NH,  c1920.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1605]</p></div></div> If you think the brand name is bad, how about the slogan: Smoke a Spider. Not in the NCM collection. Photo courtesy of Steenburgh Auctions, NH. [w92907] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#40 dd2c7b0c-4eff-4dd5-b31e-00280f158b9d http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/92907spider/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/92907spider/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">If you think the brand name is bad, how about<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">the slogan:<span class="style_4"> Smoke a Spider</span>. <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_12">Not in the NCM collection. Photo courtesy of Steenburgh Auctions, NH.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[w92907]</p></div></div> How about a spider AND his web? That’s a mouthful. Holzman & Deutschberger Fact. 315, 3rd NYC. c1890 [1604] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#41 1fddb838-843c-4d64-9884-425cb95f2730 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad4/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad4/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">How about a spider AND his web?<br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">That’s a mouthful.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Holzman & Deutschberger  Fact. 315, <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">3rd NYC.  c1890<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1604]</p></div></div> Putting a bee in your mouth can be fatal. Delaware Cigar Co. Fact. 1429, 1st (Chester) PA c1905 [6944] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#42 069e8d5f-e6f1-4037-8704-d2db4161a940 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/6944/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/6944/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">Putting a bee in your mouth can be fatal.</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Delaware Cigar Co.  Fact. 1429, 1st (Chester) PA<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">c1905  <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[6944]</p></div></div> The same for a hornet. Not in the NCM collection [w101] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#43 fcf091c1-330a-4014-8fb0-614f6d157c38 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/pagc101/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/pagc101/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">The same for a hornet.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6"><span class="style_9">Not in the NCM collection<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[w101]</p></div></div> Whatever you call it. Fact. 3459, 1st PA c1890. [1606] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#44 95072bc7-b27b-4060-90e3-344a2e4a9847 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad6/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad6/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Whatever you call it.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Fact. 3459, 1st PA  c1890.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1606]</p></div></div> It may not kill you, but no fun to suck on. P. Lorillard, Fact. 17, 2nd VA c1912 [9120] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#45 4177dd3a-1866-496c-9192-fcafb40f9578 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9120/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/9120/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">It may not kill you, but no fun to suck on.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">P. Lorillard, Fact. 17, 2nd VA  c1912<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[9120]</p></div></div> Squirmy in your hand; worse in your mouth. Private label of KC, MO, grocery wholesaler. c1920 [1608] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#46 c4ffc2bd-9acc-4327-8616-bc624dd963ae http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad8/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad8/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Squirmy in your hand; worse in your mouth.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Private label of KC, MO, grocery wholesaler. c1920<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1608]</p></div></div> Another flying critter you don’t want in your mouth. Not in the NCM collection. [w 0000] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#47 73530f1e-8260-4429-aae1-5de8d8be804c http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/blackbat2/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/blackbat2/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Another flying critter you don’t want <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6">in your mouth.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_13"><span class="style_10"><br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_13">Not in the NCM collection.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[w 0000]</p></div></div> This one’s no better... [11955] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#48 9456cdbf-85fb-4be1-b84b-dad9d502947c http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/11955/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/11955/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">This one’s no better...<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[11955]</p></div></div> Which end do you put in your mouth? Catalog card missing. [5794] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#49 4163b42f-3608-455b-b732-f04a200fd51b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/themeAj5794/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/themeAj5794/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Which end do you put in your mouth?<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Catalog card missing.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[5794]</p></div></div> Which end do you put in your mouth? Catalog card missing. [1621] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#50 9ccd9fdd-c59f-4ba8-aa3c-18428245be7b http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad21/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad21/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Which end do you put in your mouth?<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Catalog card missing.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1621]</p></div></div> Do you want your cigar mashed or French fried? W.P. Lozier, Fact. 387, 1st (Mt. Pleasant) PA. 1936 [1640] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#51 53b1939f-eb70-499f-8995-d0be3153932f http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad40/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad40/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Do you want your cigar mashed or French fried?<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_11">W.P. Lozier,  Fact. 387, 1st (Mt. Pleasant) PA.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_8"><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_11">1936  </span><span style="line-height: 12px; " class="style_6">[1640]</span></p></div></div> M-m good? This borders on preposterous. Fact. 2099, 1st PA for GH Guppy, Portland, ME 1898. [11756] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#52 907bedf1-6545-4627-8b50-f0f1f51f016d http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/11756/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/11756/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">M-m good?  This borders on preposterous.<span class="style_10"><br/></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_6"><span class="style_10"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6"><span class="style_10">Fact. 2099, 1st PA for GH Guppy, Portland, ME 1898.  [11756]</span></p></div></div> Scrambled or hard boiled? G. Fuchs, Fact. 681, 1st PA, Philadelphia 1893 [8664] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#53 61ad45af-ec95-4d0c-af6e-7c3fad91e94f http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/cubaearlyjpg8664/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/cubaearlyjpg8664/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Scrambled or hard boiled?<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">G. Fuchs, Fact. 681, 1st PA, Philadelphia 1893<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[8664]</p></div></div> An invitation to steal? In reality, a successful European brand. Jose Tinchant y Gonzales [1641] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#54 77c788bc-221e-48d6-ace9-912c918097ec http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad41/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad41/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">An invitation to steal?<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6">In reality, a successful European brand.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">Jose Tinchant y Gonzales<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1641]</p></div></div> In This Wheat By and By, one of the great pun brands, features cute locusts. But did it sell? S.F. Hess, Fact. 369, 21st Rochester, NY, c1880. [Chris057] Not in the NCM collection. Seen courtesy of Chris Crocoll. http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#55 39d9e7b8-2dfe-4cf8-8aa0-eb11a4032d03 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/chris056/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/chris056/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_4">In This Wheat By and By, one of the great pun brands, features cute locusts. But did it sell?</span><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">S.F. Hess, Fact. 369, 21st  Rochester, NY, c1880. <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7">[Chris057] <span class="style_12">Not in the NCM collection. Seen<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7"><span class="style_12">courtesy of Chris Crocoll.</span></p></div></div> BFD. A brand with different meaning today, though a recent TV ad campaign is attempting to change the meaning to something less crude. [w000] Not in the NCM collection. http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#56 f0f33d3d-8980-45b6-b20b-5f11a6e230af http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/d64/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/d64/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">BFD. A brand with different meaning today, though a recent TV ad campaign is attempting to change the meaning to something less crude.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[w000] <span class="style_9">Not in the NCM collection.</span></p></div></div> Bad brand name, for sure. Perhaps the ultimate in bad slogans. [1679] http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#57 7761241a-2eb6-4755-8877-9883c4b03844 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad79/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/bad79/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">Bad brand name, for sure.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_6">Perhaps the ultimate in bad slogans.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_7"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[1679]</p></div></div> This chewing tobacco company might want to reconsider the layout and placement of “Scrap.” [w000] Not in the NCM collection. http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html#58 2e6329e1-757d-4edd-9f88-8cd7cd8b9f37 http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/5fce_1/thumb.jpg http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands_files/Media/5fce_1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_258_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">This chewing tobacco company might want to reconsider the layout and placement of “Scrap.”<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_7">[w000] <span class="style_12">Not in the NCM collection.</span></p></div></div>