The Crack Runner cigar box label with racehorses – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures The Crack Runner cigar box label with racehorses in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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The Crack Runner cigar box label with racehorses
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Cigar box labels like this one were printed in large runs in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when lithography was cheap enough to decorate even modest boxes. The Crack Runner name points to the racing world: "crack" was period slang for a top-class horse, so the label was built to catch the eye of sporting men who bought tobacco and followed the track. Racehorse imagery was a common selling device on these labels, and the fast, stretched-out horses here reflect the popularity of thoroughbred racing in America at the time. Look closely at the lettering and border, which show how commercial printers combined bold type with illustration to sell a smoke as quickly as a horse could run.
| Original scan | 1,007 × 587 px |
|---|---|
| Reference | Hor29 |
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