1893 CIGAR BOX LABEL COLUMBIAN TWINS EXPOSITION CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR 123 YRS OLD

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1893 CIGAR BOX LABEL COLUMBIAN TWINS EXPOSITION CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR 123 YRS OLD:
$39.00

This is a never used 123 year old cigar box label. This brand of cigars was manufactured in Southern Ohio for a very short time.The label is very nice. Everyone grades their own way. Pictures tell a thousand words and there is a nice clear photo posted here for you. I think its excellent. Its one of the rarest labels known.If features two young girls from the Victorian Lady Era. It\'s copyright date is 1893 by Donaldson Brothers. Litho. Witsch & Schmitt, N.Y. #2544.

The World\'s Columbian Exposition

The World\'s Columbian Exposition Expo., celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus\'s landing in America, was actually held in 1893.Citiesthat competed forthe Expo wereNew York City, Washington, D.C., St.Louis, and Chicago. and it was during this competition that Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun,named Chicago \"The Windy City.\" Chicago finally won and on April 25, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed theFederal Bill that designated Chicago as the site of the exposition. It took3 years of preparation to produce the exposition.The Dedication ceremony was held on October 21, 1892, the fairgrounds were not opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The exposition closed on October 30, 1893. The exposition occupied and enormous area of 630 acres.

This is a great item for the Cigar Label Collector or the Expo Collector. Its not likely someonewill find anitem inunusedand in this nice Condition from the Expo 123 years ago.
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