Copley Square, Boston, Mass., Cigars Makers' International Union of America, location unknown, undated

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Tobacco
General
Tobacco - General - Folder 2
Copley Square, Boston, Mass., Cigars Makers' International Union of America, location unknown, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Tobacco
    - General
      - Tobacco - General - Folder 2
        Narragansett Pier, cigarette card, Wm. S. Kimball & Co's Cigarettes, Rochester, New York, undated
        Trade card for Prince Albert Crimp Cut, long burning pipe and cigarette tobacco, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1907
        Trade card for Canney & Graves, importers and manufacturers of Havana and Principe Cigars and dealers in leaf and manufactured tobacco, No. 50 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Rainmaker, the 5 cent cigar, Martin L. Hall & Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for D.H. Clark, W.I. goods, fruits, confectionery, nuts, tobacco, cigars and notions, French's Block, Main Street, Barre, Vermont, undated
        Trade card for G. & T. Hales, manufacturers of Havana and domestic cigars, Pleasant Street, Claremont, New Hampshire, undated
        Label for Pearson's Red Top Snuff, Byfield Snuff Co., Byfield, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Newport Club 5 c. Cigar, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Venable's St. George Tobacco, Venable Tobacco Company, Durham, North Carolina, undated
        Trade card for Lorillard's Splendid Plug Tobacco, P. Lorillard & Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, 1886
        Trade card for Wave Line Plug Tobacco, The Wilson & McCallay Tobacco Company, Middletown, Ohio, undated
        Envelope for W.G. Slate, cash grocery store, Northfield, Mass., undated
        Copley Square, Boston, Mass., Cigars Makers' International Union of America, location unknown, undated (current record)
        Trade card for Blackwell's Durham Tobacco, manufactured only by W.T. Blackwell & Co., Durham, North Carolina, undated
        Mishaps of J. Alphonso Brown until he got Blackwell's Genuine Durham, a warning to young men in seven chapters, W.T. Blackwell & Co., Durham, North Carolina, undated
        Label for Golden Grit, cigars, location unknown, undated
        Cigarette card for Wm. S. Kimball & Co's Cigarettes, Rochester, New York, undated
        Label for La Meloda, cigars, Landfield & Steele makers, location unknown, undated
        Label for Jewelo, cigars, location unknown, undated
        Handbill for Harvard Pippins, cigars, H. Traiser & Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Handbill for Estabrook & Eaton, importers and manufacturers of fine cigars, 222 & 224 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for the Boston Co-Operative Association, manufacturers of fine segars and dealers in leaf tobacco, 85 State Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 12, 1889
        Label for New Colony Mixture, tobacco, Bacon Bros., Cambridge, England, undated
        Label for Las Fumas de Puerto Rico, location unknown, undated
        Label for Puritan Leader, Havana Filler, location unknown, undated
        Billhead for Murray & Reed, tobacconists, No. 1 Bank Block, Burlington, Vermont, dated June 29, 1870
        Nubble light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Sanibel Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Tillamook light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Point Judith light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Beavertail light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Owl's Head light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Boston light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Annisquam Harbor light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Cape Flattery light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Deer Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Cape San Juan light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Matinicus Rock light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Heceta Head light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Coney Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Tarrytown light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Delaware Breakwater light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Point Hueneme light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Montauk Point light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Southwest Reef light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Plum Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Spring Point Ledge light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Biloxi light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Boon Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Pigeon Point light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Robbins Reef light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Absecon light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Cape Henry light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Stepping Stones light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Eastern Point light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Fire Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        St. George Reef light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Goat Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        American Shoal light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Barnegat light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        
        Race Rock light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Block Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Navesink lights, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Little Gull Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Blackwell's Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Cape May light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Minot's Ledge light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Execution Rocks light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Boston Auxiliary light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Cape Cod light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Early methods of coast signalling, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York
        Statue of Liberty, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

Description

The card verso displays the blue label of the Cigar Makers' Internation Union of America. The public is urged to smoke union-made cigars. The postcard image shows the Boston Public Library and the Old South Church in Copley Square.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
tobacco (material)
trade unions
postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.115.01.02.013

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Cigar Makers International Union of America (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards

Subjects

Cigars
Smoking
Copley Square (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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