Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2013.041.004 |
Object Name |
Box, Cigar |
Description |
Wooden cigar box with a hinged lid. The lid has a gold paper border and "Jack Canuck" with an image of an open cigar box stamped in the centre. There are remanents of a paper band that wraps around the entire right side. "25" is printed on the band. "Jack Canuck" is also stamped on the upper edge. There is a partial paper label adhered to the left side edge, which is identical to the interior label. There are remnants of an oval paper label on the front edge with a British flag and "Any Infringement/Will Be/ Prosecuted" printed below. All of the exterior edges have a paper border. The border has a yellow background with maple leaves and alternating red ribbons with "Jack" and "Canuck" on them. Stamped on the bottom of the box is "25/__/28/Notice/The manufacturer of the cigars herein.". There is a paper label on the interior of the lid. It has a white background and a gold border. Colour image of a man with a moustache posed in front of a large cross section of a tree trunk. The Canadian Ensign flag is on the right and maple leaves on the left. The man is smoking a cigar and wearing a blue and red outfit. There is a table to his left with a box of cigars, a plate of fruit, and a bottle of wine on it. Printed in gold along the lower edge of the label is "Registered/Rolph and Clark, Toronto" and "Manufactured /By/F. Keil/Waterloo/Ont.". The interior edges of the box are lined with paper. Printed on the upper edge interior is "Always on Top" and "Smoke Jack Canuck Cigar". |
Date |
1918 |
Date |
1920 |
Dimensions |
H-5 W-13.8 L-14.2 cm |
History |
Fred Keil was a cigar manufacturer in Preston, ON between 1888 and 1890, and in Waterloo, ON from 1891 to 1920. Beginning in 1868, the cigar box was a taxable unit in Canada. By 1883, the government legislated that cigars must be packaged for sale in wooden boxes holding 10, 25, 100 or 200 cigars. The cigars were sold individually out of their open boxes in retail stores. The colourful labels on the inner lids acted as miniature billboards. Also beginning in July of 1883, licence codes were used by cigar manufacturers to cancel their excise duty stamps and to mark their packages. |
Search Terms |
Jack Canuck Rolph and Clark |
People |
Keil, Fred |