Old Sport cigar label with smiling gentleman in red cap – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Old Sport cigar label with smiling gentleman in red cap, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Old Sport cigar label with smiling gentleman in red cap
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A smiling gentleman in a red cap is the detail that sets this label apart from the other cigar wrappers in the collection. Tobacco labels like this one were pasted onto cigar boxes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when lithographic printing made bright, inexpensive advertising possible. Brands often used cheerful, well-dressed men to suggest good company and a relaxed evening, and the name "Old Sport" plays on the friendly, slightly rakish slang of the period. Such labels were meant to be kept or traded, so surviving examples offer a glimpse of how tobacco makers sold leisure and sociability to ordinary buyers.
| Original scan | 911 × 660 px |
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| Reference | MEN77 |
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