General Arthur Cigar advertisement, Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer, New York – Historic Print
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A window into the past: General Arthur Cigar advertisement, Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer, New York, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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General Arthur Cigar advertisement, Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer, New York
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The brand name here is the draw: "General Arthur" cigars took their name from Chester A. Arthur, who was addressed as General during his wartime service as New York's quartermaster general before he became the 21st president. The piece was issued by Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer, a New York cigar manufacturer, at a time when tobacco makers relied heavily on eye-catching printed advertising to sell branded goods to a mass market. Commercial images like this one show how a presidential connection and a military title could be turned into a selling point, and they offer a useful record of the period's advertising style.
| Original scan | 638 × 896 px |
|---|---|
| Reference | 853 |
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