Vintage-Antique-Wood-CIGAR BOX-S OTTENBERG & BROS-Pioneer Cigar Factory-PARTIDOS
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Here I have a vintage antique wooden (1885?) Cigar Box for sale. This shows a Crack in the Lid and Labels on the outside are missing. This reads S Ottenberg & Bros. and Pioneer Cigar Factory (red area). Because of so much information printed on this box and on the inside, I decided to do some research on Google (see info below) To insure a little safety for shipping, I've decided to ship this in a medium flat rate box. Overall, I would call this FAIR condition for it's age, but LOOK at pictures and YOU decide....(note- two rulers were used to show size)INFORMATION, I found on Goggle......1) Simon Ottenberg applied for patent March 1879 (Cigars, Cigarettes, and Smoking Tobacco)2) Abraham Waldstein founds the Pioneer Cigar Box Factory and label printer in San Francisco (1877-1892)3) Litho inside reads Schumacher & Ettlinger,NY- these two were in business from 1870-18954) Inside on blue area, Herman Kahn- The Marion Hotel was built by Herman Kahn who moved to Little Rock from Frankford Germany in 1870.5) Partidos Cigars-?6) In New York, cigars were made by rollers working in their own homes. It was reported that by 1883, cigars were being manufactured in 127 apartment houses in New York, employing 1,962 families and 7,294 individuals. A state statute banned this practice late that year.7) Factory No.1065 3rd dist N Y (on bottom) - S
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