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Good Judge cigar label showing a man smoking – Vintage Wall Art

Good Judge cigar label showing a man smoking — historic image
Good Judge cigar label showing a man smoking. Historic image from the Family Life collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Good Judge cigar label showing a man smoking, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Good Judge cigar label showing a man smoking

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A man caught mid-smoke is the central figure on this cigar label, which carries the brand name Good Judge. Cigar makers of the late 1800s and early 1900s printed labels like this in large runs to catch the eye of shoppers at tobacconists' counters, and smoking scenes were a common choice because advertisers tied the habit to sociability, leisure and easy confidence. Today such paper pieces show how commercial lithography reached ordinary households and what tastes the trade hoped to appeal to.

Original scan945 × 637 px
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