Baseball Cigar Box Labels

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Baseball Cigar Box Labels
Year	Various
Size	Various
Images	Color
Type	Labels
Number in Set	Various

Baseball Cigar Box Labels Overview

Honus Wagner Cigar Label.jpg Cigar manufacturers used baseball labels for many of their cigar boxes. These labels and boxes are collectible today and generally difficult to find.

While it might seem like these should be considered tobacco items, Jefferson Burdick actually classified them as G-Cards in his Banners and Labels section of the American Card Catalog. Part of the reason for that was while almost all were labels for tobacco products/cigar boxes, a few were on boxes for other products, such as coffee.

These are from a variety of years but most were produced in the late 1800s to early 1900s.

While most of the labels feature pictures of generic baseball players, a few used pictures of real players and teams. Below are a list of known baseball cigar box labels. Others surely exist and will be added upon discovery. All boxes listed below are believed to be have been produced for cigar boxes unless identified.