Cigar label reading Red Glare, gentleman in top hat smoking – Vintage Print
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This historic image of Cigar label reading Red Glare, gentleman in top hat smoking brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Cigar label reading Red Glare, gentleman in top hat smoking
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A cigar label titled Red Glare shows a gentleman in a top hat, lighting up in a way that suggests the pleasures of a leisurely evening. Labels like this one were pasted onto cigar boxes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when manufacturers competed for shoppers' attention with bright chromolithographed artwork. The brand name carries a patriotic echo, since "rockets' red glare" comes from the national anthem, a reminder of how makers borrowed familiar symbols to make a product feel respectable. The image is a useful record of the gentleman's fashions and of the commercial art that tobacco makers used to sell their wares.
| Original scan | 822 × 716 px |
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| Reference | MEN97 |
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