90 CIGAR LABELS SAMPLE BOOK F.M. Howell & Co. N.Y.
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A VINTAGE CIGAR LABEL SAMPLE BOOK OF F.M. HOWELL & CO., ELMIRA, NEW YORK , CONTAINING 90 FULL-PAGE CIGAR LABELS . Size of book: 9 x 6 1/2 inches. Gold-stamped green cloth with screw-stud binding. Contains a wonderful variety of designs and illustrations, highlighted with metallic gilt and enhanced with embossing. Some are designs before lettering, and others are labels with lettering. Most are printed on cream-colored backgrounds, but a few are printed on colored papers. Some have tobacco related themes: workers rolling tobacco, tobacco leaves, tobacco fields and plantations, cigars, etc. A few have patriotic themes: American flags, the eagle, etc. Inside the back cover is mounted a printed price list, however some of the printing has been lifted by what looks to have been paper intentionally add to it to remove the (outdated?) prices. The F. M. Howell Company was established in 1883. INFORMATION ADDED ON 9-24 : Of the 90 labels, 29 have lettering and 61 are designs before the lettering has been added. Those with text are: Gold Star, Plantation, Influence, Invincibles, Little Jewel, Full Havana, Choice Havanas, Good Goods, Yankee Queen ( 3/4 inch closed tear at bottom edge), Two Belles, All Stock, The Cigar (six different designs), High-Spire, Cigars, Cigar (two different designs), The Cigar of Quality, Hand Made (three different
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