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Colour trade card advertisement with caption, "C.P.R. Cigars // are better now than ever // The…
C.P.R. Cigars
Colour trade card advertisement with caption, "C.P.R. Cigars // are better now than ever // They are fair and square from Center to surface, and are Marvels of purity, value…" The back of the card is blank.

C.P.R. Cigars

Dateapprox 1880
FormatEphemera
Notes
Colour trade card advertisement with caption, "C.P.R. Cigars // are better now than ever // They are fair and square from Center to surface, and are Marvels of purity, value…"  The back of the card is blank.
Subject
    Medium
    Trade cards
    Dimensions9.6cm H x 6.6cm W
    Language
      CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberSAR-TC-269
      The universally known and reliable C.P.R. cigars
      The universally known and reliable C.P.R. cigars
      C. P. Reid & Co.
      Approximately 1880
      Best flavor: Cuban cigars, hand-rolled from whole leaves, give cigar fanciers best smoke, says Phil Rutman, left, who runs one of the country's largest outlets for fine cigars
      Best flavor: Cuban cigars, hand-rolled from whole leaves, give cigar fanciers best smoke, says Phil Rutman, left, who runs one of the country's largest outlets for fine cigars
      Beaty, Keith
      3/13/1980
      Cigar seller: Tom Hinds displays a box of Cuban cigars outside his tabacco shop on Avenue Rd.
      Cigar seller: Tom Hinds displays a box of Cuban cigars outside his tabacco shop on Avenue Rd.
      Brennan, Pat
      6/4/1988
      People who smoke 10 or 12 cigars a day are like drunkards, says Zino Davidoff, the Emperor of the Havana Cigar
      People who smoke 10 or 12 cigars a day are like drunkards, says Zino Davidoff, the Emperor of the Havana Cigar
      Davidoff, Zino
      5/19/1977
      Receipt of customer John Lauder Esq. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
      Bought of Colin Skinner, dealer in teas, coffees, spices, tobacco and cigars, general groceries, provisions, & fruits of all kinds
      1871
      The New Nuns have the Intellectual Habit, While a woman theologian who smokes cigars made news headlines at this week's congress on the Theology of th(...)
      The New Nuns have the Intellectual Habit, While a woman theologian who smokes cigars made news headlines at this week's congress on the Theology of th(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/26/1967
      Kai Miller, 67, has been hand-rolling cigars for 53 years
      Kai Miller, 67, has been hand-rolling cigars for 53 years
      Nethercott, Diana
      8/30/1987
      Smell of success: Tom Hinds, left, and Michael Nouri inspect tobacco crop in Cuba, Havana factory turns out cigars for export
      Smell of success: Tom Hinds, left, and Michael Nouri inspect tobacco crop in Cuba, Havana factory turns out cigars for export
      Brennan, Pat
      12/22/1992
      Smell of Success: Tom Hinds, lefts, and Michael Nourl inspect tobacco crop in Cuba, Havana factory turns out cigars for export.
      Smell of Success: Tom Hinds, lefts, and Michael Nourl inspect tobacco crop in Cuba, Havana factory turns out cigars for export.
      Brennan, Pat
      12/22/1992
      For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars, He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes, but his is a dying art
      For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars, He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes, but his is a dying art
      Goode, Jeff
      6/17/1966
      Celebration cigars: Lottery winner Samuel Chica, left, holds a cheque for $273,059 with his brother-in-law Cesar Quezada after he bought five newspapers to be sure he had won
      Celebration cigars: Lottery winner Samuel Chica, left, holds a cheque for $273,059 with his brother-in-law Cesar Quezada after he bought five newspapers to be sure he had won
      Cusano, Jack
      8/30/1983
      Celebrating a victory with beer, cigars - and noise
      Celebrating a victory with beer, cigars - and noise
      McConnell, Colin
      9/30/1989