APPRAISER cigar label with bearded man in period costume – Vintage Wall Art
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This historic image of APPRAISER cigar label with bearded man in period costume brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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APPRAISER cigar label with bearded man in period costume
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Printed under the brand name APPRAISER, this cigar label centers on a bearded man in period dress. Lithographed cigar labels like this were produced in large runs in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when tobacco makers competed for attention on crowded shop counters and inside cigar boxes. Manufacturers often used well-dressed, dignified figures to suggest quality and refinement, so the portrait says as much about how a brand hoped to be seen as it does about the man himself. Because labels were usually discarded or pasted into scrapbooks, surviving examples offer a useful glimpse of everyday commercial design from that period.
| Original scan | 886 × 675 px |
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| Reference | MEN74 |
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