Salesman's Sample Cigar Box Labels O. L. Schwencke

New York & Chicago: O. L. Schwencke, 1907. Cover wear. A 66 pp. salesman sample of deeply embossed gilt embellished cigar labels produced by O. L. Schwencke. Elaborate and intricately designed. Elegant women, royalty, spotted trout, privileged gentlemen, road houses, cigarette in progress (silver ash), scenes from nature, Indigenous peoples , Cuba, Puerto Rica, Transportation and much more. Each with a label number and pricing information. Measures 6.5 by 9.75 inches. Gilt stamped boards.

• My Favorite
• The Latest
• Our Jewel
• Our Union
• Opera
• The Judge
• La Industria (Flor Fina)
• Speckled Trout
• Modern Woodmen
• No title – decorative border design, caption band at base “smoke” “cigars”
• Princess
• On the Square
• Creole
• BeautyS
• Black Prince
• Lake View
• Ever True
• Peerless
• Special
• Trolley
• Good Smoke
• Road House
• Silver Ash
• Extra Choice
• La Rosa Especial – Delicio at base
• No title – eagle at top, lion at base, etc.
• La Planta
• Favorite 5
• Fabrica de Tabacos Superiores – De La Vuelta Abajo at base
• No title – rose garden border with the coins at base
• Matinee Star – at top and base
• Lady Flash – Smoke Lady Flash Cigars at base
• Honest Labor – top and base
• Porto Rico -Smoke Porto Rico Cigars at base
• Lady Sterling – top and base
• La Comercial – top and base
• Golden Stag – top and base
• Choice Puffs – top and base
• Express (train) – top and base
• No title – bland wooden signc, flowers at base
• Palma de Puerto Rico – top and base
• Perfection – top and base
• Flora Belle – top and base
• La Perfectos – top and base
• Foresters Benevolence
• Cuban Leaf
• No title – bold eagle and American shield below blank banner
• Brunette
• Our Pet
• Standard
• Credito de Puerto Rico
• Cupid’s Web – to and base
• No title- Lion flanked with shields below blank banner
• Little Gems
• King Buck
• Our Success
• Good Record
• Nicotina
• Par Excelence
• Petit Boquet
• Dona Favorita
• Panetellas
• The Leader
• La Rosa del Vuelta
• El Trafico. Only Schwenke and Schlegel were the only two independent cigar label printers who stayed independent from the American Lithographing Company. Schwenke was an important producer of elaborate embossed chromolithographed cigar box labels.