Antique 1920s Thompsons Embossed Cigar Label from Tampa FL 1930s_lemon_crate_label and photographic preparations

and photographic preparations

there was no longer any need for a separate paper label to glue on — the branding could simply be printed straight onto the box

uncirculated cigar label stock like this has become such a prized little corner of the ephemera-collecting world

and every other masked hero of mid-century American popular entertainment

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Antique 1920s Thompsons Embossed Cigar Label from Tampa FL 1930s_lemon_crate_label and photographic preparationsThe Cigar Company That Sold Straight to Your Mailbox Most cigar brands of this era relied on a retailer's counter to reach a customer. Thompson & Co. tried something different, building one of America's earliest mail order cigar operations out of Tampa, Florida, in 1915. This embossed label is a genuine piece of that pioneering direct to consumer approach, decades before "mail order" became a familiar phrase. What You're Looking At This is an original