BIG SMILE cigar label with grinning caricature man smoking – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures BIG SMILE cigar label with grinning caricature man smoking in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
BIG SMILE cigar label with grinning caricature man smoking
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A cigar label is the subject here, and its appeal lies in the grinning caricature of a man in mid-smoke, drawn with the broad exaggeration typical of tobacco advertising. Labels like this one were pasted onto cigar boxes and bands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when lithographic printing made colorful, inexpensive artwork common and brand names were meant to be memorable at a glance. The name "Big Smile" promised a pleasant, sociable smoke, and the figure's cheerful face was likely meant to suggest that enjoyment. Such labels are now valued as small examples of commercial graphic design from that era.
| Original scan | 931 × 640 px |
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| Reference | MEN96 |
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