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The bright orange immediately commands attention, and the detail within rewards it: a gorgeous maple leaf — recognized worldwide as the symbol of Canada — rendered in rich, layered colors, a crest bearing what appears to be a beaver (Canada's official national animal), an ornate Canadian Club wordmark in decorative font, and golden dot edging throughout. Beautifully glossy, heavily embossed and gilded — an expensive label to produce, and it shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Old Stock, never used, in mint condition. Age-appropriate yellowing on the reverse only — the face is vivid and pristine. A wonderful piece of Canadian-American commercial art history and a rare survival in this condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrame it for a study, a bar, a library, a man cave, or a Canadian-themed space. At 8.0 by 7.0 inches it fits a standard 8x8 or 9x7 frame beautifully. 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One tiny speck of gilding on the white bottom margin — appears to be original from the printing process, easily covered with a mat if framing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote: we also carry the original 1909 Blue Ribbon label if you'd like to own the complete set — two generations of one of Pennsylvania's most celebrated cigar brands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrame it for a study, a library, a bar, or a man cave. At 10.0 by 6.25 inches it fits a standard 11x7 or 10x8 frame beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Ribbon\u003c\/strong\u003e cigars were introduced by the E. L. Golden cigar company of Bonneauville, Pennsylvania in 1909 — the most successful business ever to operate in that town. The original 1909 label was simpler; a decade later, M. H. Sevis \u0026amp; Son designed this far more elaborate version. A. J. Golden held the copyright for Golden's Blue Ribbon by 1926. 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This is a large-format label at 9.0 by 6.25 inches, heavily embossed and gilded, printed in the chromolithographic tradition that made American commercial printing of this era among the finest in the world. The portrait of FDR is rendered with genuine dignity — the kind of treatment reserved for a man the cigar company clearly wanted to associate with quality and distinction. The smaller portrait-only version of this label is relatively common. This large format, in original unused NOS condition, is a rare find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrame it for a study, a library, a bar, a home office, or alongside other political memorabilia. At 9.0 by 6.25 inches it fits a standard 9x6 or 10x8 frame beautifully. 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And it was designed to go on the outside of a cigar box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an original Scarlet Crown outer cigar box label — copyrighted 1899 and produced by Schmidt \u0026amp; Co. of Lower Manhattan, New York — one of the finest lithography houses of the cigar label's golden age. A regal lion stands behind a royal crown set upon cigar boxes, the whole composition vibrant with color and rich with gilded and embossed detail. This is Schmidt \u0026amp; Co. at their finest — a firm founded by a German immigrant, operating between 1874 and 1916, whose labels were among the most technically accomplished of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 1899 copyright date makes this label over 125 years old. New Old Stock, never used, in pristine condition. Two available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrame it for a study, a library, a bar, or alongside other Victorian-era commercial art. 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Without Marbois, the American West as we know it might never have existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat a cigar company chose to honor him on their label in the early 1900s — just a century after the Purchase — speaks to how deeply that transaction still resonated in the American imagination. This is an outer label — the first thing a buyer saw when picking up the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Old Stock, never used, in pristine condition. Original, not a reproduction. Marked \u003cem\u003eTitle and Design Owned by Spector Bros, Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrame it for a study, a library, a home office, or alongside other American and French history memorabilia. At 4.75 inches square it fits a standard 5x5 or 6x6 frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderful gift for an American history enthusiast, a Louisiana history collector, a French-American history collector, a tobacciana collector, or anyone who appreciates extraordinary commercial art with genuine historical significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrançois de Barbé-Marbois\u003c\/strong\u003e (1745–1837) was born in Metz, France and served as a French diplomat, colonial administrator, and politician. As Napoleon's Minister of the Treasury, he was the French negotiator in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 — the transaction that transferred 828,000 square miles of North American territory from France to the United States for approximately $15 million. The Purchase effectively doubled the size of the United States and set the course for American westward expansion. Marbois lived to the age of 91, dying in Paris in 1837.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpector Bros\u003c\/strong\u003e was a printing and lithography company in Chicago, Illinois, active from approximately 1901 through at least 1911, known for producing cigar box labels and other commercial prints of exceptional quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e François de Barbé-Marbois, French negotiator of the Louisiana Purchase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spector Bros, Chicago, Illinois\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cigar box outer label\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chicago, Illinois, USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDated:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1901–1911\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.75\" square\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper, lithograph, gilded and embossed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Old Stock (NOS) — unused, pristine condition. 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And it was designed to go on the outside of an antique cigar box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an original outer cigar box label — an antique chromolithograph from 1903–1922, produced by Cole Lithographing Co. of Chicago. The scene is as evocative as it is beautiful: a Cuban gentleman in the foreground, holding a cigar with the quiet satisfaction of a man who knows exactly what he's doing, a agricultural landscape stretching behind him in the background. The message — that these cigars come from the source, from the hands of the people who grew the tobacco — is delivered with elegance and conviction. Embossed and gilded, in pristine condition.  New Old Stock, never used. One available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrame it for a study, a library, a bar, a Cuban history display, or anywhere that appreciates extraordinary early 20th century commercial art. 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