Box, Cigar
- Object Name:
- Box, Cigar
- Object ID:
- 1990.082.01
- Creator:
- Woodbury, P. P.
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Hinsdale, NH
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Cigar box, small wooden. Original red and black paper on outside covered with yellow and gold wallpaper on sides and by watercolor picture of tropical bird on cover. Hinged cover with red label on inside, printed in gold: "SMOKE / THE BOYS' / FAVORITE. / MANUFACTURED BY / P.P. WOODBURY, / HINSDALE, N.H." Printed legal notice on bottom of box: "Factory No. 97, / FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. / NOTICE. [regarding tax stamp and use of box] / P.P. WOODBURY, HINSDALE, N.H." Tax stamp mostly removed.
- Material:
- Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-2.25 W-3.75 D-4.5 inches
- Provenance:
- P. P. Woodbury made and sold cigars in Hinsdale, NH, starting in 1877.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Birds, Boxes, Cigar industry
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