Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2013.041.011 |
Object Name |
Box, Cigar |
Description |
Wooden cigar box with a hinged lid. Stamped in the centre of the lid exterior is a horseshoe with a horse's head in it. "Lo-Lo: is stamped above the image and there are decorative elements on either side. There is a paper band that wraps around the entire right side of the box. Printed on the band is "Canada/Fifty Cigars" and the number "4436755" in blue. There is a paper label adhered to the left side of the box. It is identical to the label on the interior of the lid. "Lo-Lo" is also stamped on the front edge of the box. All of the edges of the box are covered with white paper. Stamped on the bottom of the box is "50/Cigars/Factory No. 7 I.R.D. 28/The manufacturers of the Cigars herein.". A laminated label reading "World War 1 1914-1918" has been adhered to the bottom of the box. There is a paper label on the interior of the lid. It has a white background and an image of a woman driving a single horse. The colours are predominately yellow, purple, black, blue, gold, and white. The horse has a plume on its bridle and a fancy tapestry across its back. The woman is wearing a black coat with a fur collar and a large hat. "Lo-Lo" is printed above the image and "Manufactured By/ Jos. Winterhalt/Berlin, Ont" is printed below. The interior of the box is lined with a cream coloured paper. |
Date |
1914 |
Date |
1916 |
Dimensions |
H-5.8 W-13.8 L-19.8 cm |
History |
Jos. Winterhalt was a cigar manufacturer in Berlin, ON between 1905 and 1916. 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. |
People |
Winterhalt, Joseph |