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Cigar Box

Object Details

Object Date: Circa 1883
Object Year: 1883
Dimensions (x-y-z): 8.5" w x 4.75" h x 2.25" thick
Object Number: 2005.05.001

Museum Nomenclature

Category: Furnishings
Classification: Household Accessories, Containers For Smoking & Tobacco
Object Name: Box, Cigar

Object Description

Wood box with hinged lid and lined inside with blue paper The top and inside of lid shows ?The Rivals". The box has a blue tax stamp for 50. A label on the bottom showing ?Factory No. 5" and has at the bottom of the label ?Wolf & Schayer Leadville, Colo." The tax stamp shows an act date of 1883. One long side of the box has ?Colorado Maduro" with a trademark of a moose.

Surname Association

Surname: Schayer
Biography: http://www.jewishleadville.org/schayer.html


Keywords: All, Businesses, Liquor,

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