Here’s the Plan
by Tony Hyman, Curator
COLOR CODE is designed to show organization levels since indents aren’t stable.
Topics marked <> are posted and OPEN for your enjoyment
Topics Marked + are coming next (probably)
Cigar Boxes
<> The First Boxes
<> Types of Boxes (overview)
<> Wooden Boxes
<> Nailed Wood Boxes
<> Boxes of 12 & 13
<> Boxes of 250
<> Nailed Wood with hinges
<> Boite Nature
+ How & Where Wooden Boxes were Made
+ Labels and Trim
<> Types of Hinges & Clasps
<> Tin Boxes & Cans
<> Tin boxes of the 1800’s
<> Tin boxes of the 1900’s
<> Tin Cans
<> Tin Cans with paper labels
<> Tin Trunks
<> Tin Pocket Packs
<> Flat 10’s
+ How Tin Boxes were Made
<> Wm. Vogel, tinmaker
<> P. Lorillard’s use of tin
<> Bayuk Bros. use of tin
<> Dutch tin before WWI
<> Dutch tin after WWI
<> Metal Boxes (other than tin)
<> Cardboard Boxes
<> Glass Boxes and Jars
<> Plastic Boxes
<> Novelty Boxes
<> Types of Novelty boxes, an overview
<> Book Shaped boxes
<> Log Cabins
<> Uprights
<> Mugs & Bottles
<> Games
<> Boudoir Boxes of the 1930’s
<> Choice & Assortment Boxes
<> Cigarillos
<> Jumbos
<> Cuban Chests
<> Box Patents
<> Cigar Patents
<> Other Patents
<> Frauds, Fakes & Fantasies: and items that aren’t Cigar
Dating Cigar Boxes
<> Easy Dating
<> Using Government Regulations to Date
<> Tax Stamps
<> Import Stamps
<> Factory ID’s
<> Caution Notices
<> Tax Class Notices
<> NRA
<> Made in Bond Stamps
<> Other Ways to Date
<> CMIU Blue Label
<> 1880-1887-1912 Misleading dates
Dating Boxes by Style
<> Dating Cuban Boxes
<> Dating Canadian Boxes
<> Identifying Canadian Factories
Cigar Labels & Birth of Advertising
+ The Perfect Package
Advertising Periods
1865-1878 Early
1878-1892 Early Golden Age
1892-1909 High Golden Age
1910-1916 Late Golden Age
1917-1941 Machine Age
1942-62 End of an Era
1962-2008 Modern Boxes
<> Copyright Infringement
<> Worst Brand Names
<> Censorship of Images
<> You Can’t Say That (any more)
+ How Labels were Manufactured
Gallery of Great Design
<> Vanity Brands
<> Theme Galleries
<> Elections and Cigars
<> Patriotism Gallery
<> War Gallery
+ Indians Gallery
<> Newspaper Gallery
<> Fraternal Orders Gallery
Famous Men Gallery
<> Women of the 1880’s
<> Sports & recreation Gallery
<> Hunting-fishing Gallery
<> Horse racing Gallery
<> Baseball Gallery
<> Railroad Gallery
Theater Gallery
Painters, Poets and Authors Gallery
+ Cowboys Gallery
<> Christmas Gallery
<> Health Claims Gallery
<> Racism Gallery
<> The Devil You Say
<> Comic Characters Gallery
Children Gallery
+ Animals Gallery
<> Birds Gallery
Barnyard Gallery
Plants Gallery
Local Landmarks & Events Gallery
Allegory Gallery
Maps Gallery
Puns Jokes & Plays on Words
Boats & Ships Gallery
Spanish Themes
History of Cigars
<> Time Line of Cigars 1460-1760
<> Time Line of Cigars 1760-1860
<> Time Line of Cigars 1860-1910
<> Time Line of Cigars 1910-1960
<> 1863-1868 The tax wars
1893-1911 The Tobacco Trust
1900-1940 United & other chain stores
<> Cigar Hand Tools
+ Development of Machines
+ How Cigar Machines Work
Sizes, Shapes & Blends
+ Flavorings
<> Colusa, Calif. typical selection 1890
<> White Labor Movement
<> Censorship and Cigars
Cigar Tobacco
Planting & Harvesting
+ Types & Where Grown
Leaf Dealers
Promotions
<> Giant cigars
Parades
Gimmicks
Premiums for Smokers
<> Playing Cards
<> Hard-A-Port Cards
<> CMIU Give-aways
Buttons
Trade Cards
Insert Cards
Tokens
Flannels & Satins (“felts & silks”)
United Cigar Coupons
Sheet Music
Stogies & Cheroots Aren’t Cigars
Women in the Industry
Children in the Industry
<> Cigar Maker’s Union (CMIU)
History
<> Union Blue Label Dating Guide
<> Give-aways
<> Artifacts
<> Local Unions Location Guide
Who were the Smokers?
Men
Women
<> Children
Who was the Cigar Industry?
Cigar Factories
Five Types of Cigar Factories
Gallery of Interiors
+ Gallery of Exteriors
<> Cigar Making Tools
Wholesalers
How Business Really Works: A wholesaler’s Correspondence
<> How to Set Up a Branch Office Letter
+ Gallery of Delivery Vehicles
<> Salesmen
<> Salesmen
<> How Salesmen are portrayed on boxes
<> Street Vendors
+ Premiums to Dealers
<> Gallery of Advance Cards
<> Gallery of Sample Boxes
Retailers
Store Interiors
Store Exteriors
<> How Cigars were Displayed in Counters
<> Dummy Display Boxes
Mail order dealers
Retail Chains
United Cigar Stores
Shulte, Edwin, others
Coupons, Premiums & Catalogs
Cigar Box Factories
Selection of factories
Cigar Label Printers
How Labels are Made
How Labels were Sold
A few Important Printers
Where were the Cigar Factories?
New York City 1st, 2nd, 3rd District
New York State
Albany & 14th District
Binghamton, Syracuse & 21st District
Buffalo, Rochester & 28th District
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & 1st District
Lancaster & 9th District
Pittsburgh & 23rd District
Illinois
Ohio
New Jersey
New England
Maryland
California
Florida
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Louisiana
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas & Nebraska
Old West (WA, OR, MT, ID, CO, NM, AZ, UT, WY, ND, SD, TX, OK)
Who were the Major Pre-1960 Companies?
+ Straiton & Storm (became General Cigar)
+ General Cigar WHITE OWL, ROBT BURNS, VAN DYKE, WILLOW
TIPS, WILLIAM PENN,
Lichtenstein Bros. (become Consolidated, then Altadis)
Consolidated DUTCH MASTERS, EL PRODUCTO
+ H. Fendrich CHAS. DENBY, LA FENDRICH
American Cigar CREMO, ROI-TAN, 100’s of others
+ Bayuk Bros. PHILLIES
Yocum Bros. Y-B
Sutro & Newmark many
Kerbs & Speiss WELCOME [7702],
A.J. Golden BLUE RIBBON, dozens of others
Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert EL VERSO, SAN FELICE
Sensenbrenner SANTA FE, DEL CARA
Lucke TELESCOPE, ROLLED
Congress Cigar Co. LA PALINA
Waitt & Bond BLACKSTONE,
RG Sullivan 7-20-4
H. Traiser PIPPINS
Graves JUDGE’S CAVE
Wolf Bros. CROOKS
Jno. Swisher KING EDWARD,
Morton Edwin LORD EDWIN
Brown Bros. DETROIT FREE PRESS, others
Carl Upmann BOUQUET, VISTA [10037],
I. Lewis: JOHN RUSKIN,
Powell & Goldstein FACTORY 370, NAPOLEON
Brown Bros. DETROIT FREE PRESS other
Jose Escalante CORINA, OLE, AURELIA
Samuel Davis FRONTIER, MUNGOES many others
Brenheiser BRENHEISER others
Brooks and Company INVINCIBLES
Eisenlohr CINCO, HENRIETTA
E.H. Gato BOUQUET, LA ESTRELLA others
+ P. Lorillard, MURIEL, WAR EAGLE, HEADLINE, CUBIST,
POSTMASTERdozens of others
F.R. Rice many
Jenkinson, Pollack, Marsh Wheeling, many
Thompson & Co.
Cuesta Rey
Roth, Brunner & Feist WAR EAGLE [4404]
Bondy & Lederer WHITE SPOT,
W.H. Snyder WILL’S TWINS [6426],
J.C. Winter WINTERS,
Cuba
History of Cuba before 1898
<> Corruption in “free Cuba” 1898-1962
Life on a Vega (tobacco farm)
<> Tobacco Types & Regions
<> List of every known Cuban cigar brand
<> Cuban Labels before 1868 vol I NCM
<> Cuban Labels before 1868 vol II Thomas Wangler
<> Cuban Labels after 1878
Cuban marcas (and their top brands)
<> Cuban Boxes
<> Cuban Chests
<> Dating Cuban Boxes
<> Bibliography Books & Articles on Cuba in Hyman’s NCM
Battle of Havana in 1762
<> Cigarette Wrappers of the 1860’s
<> Tour of the La Honradez Factory 1860
+ Cigarette Packs
Cuban Cigarette Cards
Foreign Cigar Operations
<> How to Identify Canadian Factories
<> How to Date Canadian Boxes
<> Notes on Canadian Tax Stamps
<> Canadian Import & Excise Ports
Mexico
Puerto Rico & Jamaica
Philippines
European Factories
Dutch cigar history
Sumatra and SE Asia
India
<> Dutch Tin Before WWI
<> Dutch Tin After WWI
Accessories
<> Cigar Bags
<> Cigar Cases
<> Modern Humidors
<> Cigar Lighters
<> Pocket Cigar Cutters
<> Desk Cigar Cutters
<> Horns-Antlers-Tusks
<> C.M.I.U. Give-aways
<> Cigar Box Openers
Cigar Store Figures
Matches & Match-safes
<> Ashtrays
Things Made From Boxes
<> Gallery of Items made from cigar boxes
Boxes That Aren’t
<> Items that Look Like Cigar Boxes, but Aren’t
Glossary - Definitions
<> Glossary of Cigar Related Terms through the Ages
Bibliography
<> General A to Z about Cigars
<> Cuba
<> Directories
<> Catalogs of Cigars, Labels, Tools, etc.
<> Revenue Stamps
<> Magazines
<> Handwritten Ledgers, letters, documents
<> Patents related to Cigars, Boxes & Accessories
<> Growing Tobacco
<> Collecting Tobacciana
<> Poetry, Fiction, Legal cases, etc.
The Museum
<> Who is Tony Hyman?
<> Visiting the Museum in Person
<> Tax Stamps the Museum Wants to Buy
<> Other Items the Museum Wants to Buy
<> If you want to Buy an item
<> CIGAR MAGAZINE tour of the Museum
<> Gallery of things made from cigar boxes
<> Garden tour
<> How to Take Perfect Pictures
The National Cigar Museum is a work in progress. Its content and direction changes as I discover interesting new topics or reorganize ideas. You are being shown this working document to give you an idea of the scope and where I’m ultimately headed. Each of these topics takes an average of 6-8 days to complete, so please be patient. This outline is not a commitment to a particular arrangement.
