Advertisement for Cigar Maker's Union #97, Boston
date: label: Date
content: patented 1905
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, rounded corners, featuring man with black hair in black suit, white shirt, blue tie; he stands behind glass counter, holding with right hand a large box of cigars; inscription above reads "Look for the Union Label on the Box." Right side panel inscribed "Compliments of Cigarmakers Union #97, Boston, Mass." in black on orange ground. Left side panel inscribed "Not made by the Trust" in black and red on orange ground. Reverse inscription "Honesty, Skill & Cleanliness, Your Protection, Smoke Union Made Cigars," in black and red on orange ground flanks green facimili of "Union-made Cigars Local Stamp." Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Newark, New Jersey, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-146-23
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Plated metal, printed celluloid
label: Dimensions
content: 6.8 x 4 x 1 cm (2 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in. )