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My Vintage Tampa Cigar Label Collection

This is a work in progress.
Updated: September 18, 2008

If you have Tampa Cigar Labels that I do not have listed on this site, that you think I might be interested in, please shoot me an email at: ramification65@hotmail.com

I am also interested in any insights into the labels that I have shown, or any resources available to shed further light on the brand names of cigars hand rolled or machine made in Tampa between 1887 and 1970.
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The following are interesting links that you should check out:

see below the following links for my Tampa Cigar Label Collection

SAVE TAMPA'S HISTORIC CIGAR FACTORIES

Tampa Cigar History

Visit: Cigar City Magazine

The Cleveland-Tampa
cigar "connection"

Visit My "Tampa Cigar Bands collection" Album

and... My "other cigar label collection" album...

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Thanks for sharing your wonderful collection! It must have taken years to assemble.
- Ken, Thu, 27 Nov 2008 6:11PM

I have an old cigar box from my father. Titled, " Corona Specials" on the side. Across the top is Famous-Specials, on the front of the box is, 5 Cents Famous Specials 5 cents. the box held 100 cigars.
- c, Thu, 6 Nov 2008 7:56PM

I have a K-Z cigaritos brown metal cedar line box that belonged to my friends grandparents. It has a small lock and printed on the bottom is "Factory No. 61. Coll. Dist. Fla. 100 followed by a law notice.
- John Zakutny, Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:53AM

I love your collection! What you have assembled is very important because we are in danger of losing that history.
- Rick Bella, Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:47PM

Very nice side !!!!

Helps me to find some USA cigar brands

Greating from Belgium
- Poppe Paul, Thu, 10 Jul 2008 2:11AM

As a fifth generation Tampa girl, I have really enjoyed your website. Keep up the fantastic work!
- Krissy Howes, Sat, 16 Feb 2008 9:21PM

i have a cigar box that saids hand made by edna russell,i got the box from edna russell herself but of course she has been dead for a long time anyway the seal on the box says.is like the 1 u have but is a little different in the middle it saids mascotte beside the seal has jno m. henderson..if u interstad i can send u more information it.
- sandra ashby, Sun, 3 Feb 2008 8:45PM

nice site
keep up the good work
- instone,inc | instoneinc.com, Sat, 25 Aug 2007 3:31PM

Thank you for posting these images. Great collection!
- Y. M. Balbin, Tampa, FL, Sat, 14 Jul 2007 5:05PM

this is a very well-organized site and I think that it can help many other collectors
I live in Europe (the Netherlands) and there many people collect on the printernumbers or from a special village .On my other website I try to help also other collectors with showing labels (not all for sale)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~zandent/sigarendomein/
it is not completed yet
- Diny van der Zanden | http://www.xs4all.nl/~zandent/cigarlabel/, Tue, 12 Jun 2007 1:28PM

Bob - Thank you for including a link to Cigar City Magazine. You have a very nice collection of cigar labels. It is wonderful meeting people like you who are interested in the very rich history of Tampa - Once known as "The Cigar Capital of the World."

Best of luck in hunting down those labels.
- Marilyn Figueredo | cigarcitymagazine.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007 5:39AM

enlarge 123KB, 800x638 1 1861 -- inner -- Cleveland (Tampa) J.C. Newman, Cleveland/Tampa	enlarge 91KB, 800x339 2 1861 -- outer -- Cleveland/Tampa	enlarge 247KB, 789x800 3 A and A -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --	enlarge 70KB, 800x375 4 A V C -- box end -- Tampa --
enlarge 126KB, 800x619 5 A V C -- inner -- tampa --	enlarge 133KB, 800x518 6 A. Santaella & Co. cigar factory -- post card -- Tampa -- circa. 1910	enlarge 131KB, 800x516 7 A. Santaella & Co. cigar factory -- post card 2 -- Tampa -- circa. 1915	enlarge 86KB, 800x595 8 Abelina -- 4x3 outer -- Tampa --
enlarge 142KB, 800x538 9 Above the Average - 2 for 5 cents -- inner box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 91KB, 800x637 10 Above the Average -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 128KB, 800x571 11 Above the Average (2) -- inner (box) -- Tampa --	enlarge 131KB, 800x469 12 Above the Average (2) -- cover (box) -- Tampa --jpg
enlarge 79KB, 800x587 13 Adam & Eve -- inner -- tampa --	enlarge 98KB, 575x800 14 Admiration - light tips -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 66KB, 800x377 15 Admiration - mayfair -- 3x6 box front -- Tampa --	enlarge 94KB, 800x414 16 Admiration - mayfair -- 3x6 outer slide box top -- Tampa --
enlarge 147KB, 800x544 17 Admiration - gems -- 4 x 2.5 outer box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 67KB, 800x579 18 Admiration -- inner -- Tampa Very popular cigar produced by The Ybor City and West Tampa based Regensburg Cigar Company. (circa. 1919)	enlarge 119KB, 800x394 19 Adrian Block -- box end -- Tampa --	enlarge 116KB, 799x567 20 Adrian Block -- inner box lid -- Tampa -- Gallo & Baer
enlarge 99KB, 800x448 21 Adrian Block -- outer box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 117KB, 799x488 22 Aero -- inner box lid -- Tampa	enlarge 121KB, 800x407 23 Aero -- outer box lid -- Tampa	enlarge 210KB, 800x793 24 Affecionada -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa
enlarge 79KB, 800x523 25 Affecionada -- inner -- Tampa *Villizon Cigar Company, of Tampa, produced cigars for Faber, Coe & Gregg, Inc.* headquartered in New York City.**	enlarge 197KB, 800x732 26 Alazan -- 4x4-- outer -- tampa	enlarge 105KB, 800x576 27 Alazan -- inner -- tampa	enlarge 133KB, 800x504 28 Alcazar -- coversheet -- Cleveland/Tampa --
enlarge 102KB, 800x648 29 Alcazar -- inner -- Cleveland (Tampa) In 1898 the Kindling Cigar Co. of Milwaukee named this cigar after a prize-wining racehorse. M&N (Mendelsohn & Newman) of Cleveland-- and eventually Tampa, aquired the brand during the depression.	enlarge 94KB, 800x697 30 Alexander Humbolt -- can back -- Tampa --	enlarge 139KB, 679x800 31 Alexander Humbolt -- can front -- Tampa --	enlarge 215KB, 800x799 32 Alpha -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --
enlarge 158KB, 800x780 33 Alpha (2) -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --	enlarge 72KB, 800x726 34 Alvarez y Rogers -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 147KB, 800x509 35 American Cigar Company -- post card -- Tampa -- This post card has a stamp cancel date of 1906. The physical structure of this factory, built by Vicente Ybor, still stands today in Ybor City: pic 1 and pic 2	enlarge 120KB, 800x478 36 American, The -- inner -- Tampa -- E. Regensburg & Sons Cigar Company
enlarge 96KB, 800x595 37 Americus -- inner --Tampa --	enlarge 170KB, 800x788 38 Amor y Zelo -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --	enlarge 43KB, 800x474 39 Amor y Zelo -- inner -- Tampa -- Perfecto Garcia y Hermanos	enlarge 62KB, 800x570 40 Antonio Arango -- inner -- Tampa --
enlarge 48KB, 800x561 41 Antonio Arango -- inner proof -- Tampa --	enlarge 91KB, 800x382 42 Antonio Arango gold label -- 2x5 box end -- Tampa --	enlarge 91KB, 599x800 43 Antonio y Cleopatra - grenadiers -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 117KB, 799x600 44 Arango y Arango -- inner box lid -- Tampa
enlarge 103KB, 800x481 45 Arango y Arango -- outer box lid -- Tampa Tax paid on the cigars in this uniquely shaped box on 5/28/47.	enlarge 158KB, 642x800 46 Armada -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --	enlarge 99KB, 800x467 47 Armada -- cover sheet -- Tampa --	enlarge 95KB, 800x731 48 Armas Del Mundo -- inner -- Tampa -- Villazon & Company
enlarge 134KB, 800x744 49 Army Navy Country Club -- inner box lid -- Tampa -- Seal of the City of Tampa, Fla. Factory No. 1 Collection District State of Florida	enlarge 221KB, 800x793 50 Aromas De Cuba -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --	enlarge 70KB, 800x711 51 Arturo Fuente - inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 176KB, 800x664 52 Arturo Fuente -- 4x4 inner -- Tampa -- Contemporary label for Arturo Fuente Cigar made in the Dominican Republic.
enlarge 105KB, 800x598 53 Arturo Fuente & Co. -- 2x3 nail tag -- Tampa --	enlarge 77KB, 800x460 54 Arturo Fuente & Co. -- cover sheet -- Tampa --	enlarge 91KB, 800x729 55 Bacchante -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 221KB, 792x800 56 Baffin -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --
enlarge 106KB, 800x584 57 Bances -- box lid cover -- Tampa -- Bances Cigar Company Seal of the City of Tampa TP 102 Tampa, Florida Class G	enlarge 64KB, 800x631 58 Bances -- inner box lid -- Tampa	enlarge 55KB, 800x541 59 Baron de Kalb -- cover sheet -- Tampa --	enlarge 88KB, 799x533 60 Bazarte -- inner -- Tampa --
enlarge 184KB, 733x800 61 Belinda -- 4x4 outer -- Cuba - Tampa -- Francisco Hernandez	enlarge 75KB, 800x555 62 Belinda -- cover sheet -- Tampa --	enlarge 106KB, 655x800 63 Benson and Hedges - English Coronas -- inner -- Tampa -- Made by Villazon in the 1950's	enlarge 104KB, 800x510 64 Benson & Hedges -- outer-inner box lid -- Tampa -- T P - 102 TAMPA, FLA CLASS G
enlarge 89KB, 800x785 65 Bering - blue label -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 77KB, 800x593 66 Bering - champions -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 118KB, 800x623 67 Bering - Junior -- inner box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 94KB, 800x477 68 Bering - Junior -- outer box lid -- Tampa -- circa. 1945
enlarge 65KB, 800x512 69 Bering - season's greetings -- cover sheet -- Tampa --	enlarge 135KB, 793x800 70 Bering -- cover sheet -- Tampa --	enlarge 52KB, 800x584 71 Bering -- inner (1) -- Tampa --	enlarge 85KB, 800x352 72 Bering-- 2x5 box end -- Tampa --
enlarge 135KB, 800x663 73 Bertene Garcia -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 128KB, 800x441 74 Brick House -- 4x2 box end -- Cleveland/J.C. Newman	enlarge 136KB, 800x642 75 Brick House -- inner -- Cleveland/Tampa -- M&N Cigar Company (Cleveland/Tampa)	enlarge 127KB, 799x565 76 Buffalo Athletic Club -- inner box lid --Tampa -- Morgan Cigar Company
enlarge 88KB, 800x476 77 Buffalo Athletic Club -- outer box lid -- Tampa -- Morgan Cigar Company Factory No. 6 Customs Bonded Manuf. Warehouse CLASS SIX	enlarge 112KB, 800x632 78 Bulldog -- inner -- Tampa (Purchased in frame. Yellowing is due to scan through glass.) Villazon & Company	enlarge 150KB, 800x715 79 Bustillo Bros. & Diaz - B. B. D. -- inner box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 131KB, 800x584 80 C.H.S. - 10 cents -- inner box lid -- Tampa -- Valentine Maestro Antuono Company
enlarge 121KB, 800x519 81 Calixto Lopez -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 110KB, 778x800 82 Camacho - Nacionales -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 103KB, 800x645 83 Cameo -- inner-- tampa	enlarge 158KB, 800x772 84 Captain Alvarez -- 4x4 outer-- tampa
enlarge 93KB, 800x642 85 Captain Alvarez -- inner-- tampa	enlarge 88KB, 800x601 86 Captain Alvarez --oval-- 2x2-- tampa	enlarge 90KB, 800x407 87 Carl Upmann - cabinet -- 2.5 x 5 box end -- Tampa --	enlarge 254KB, 791x800 88 Carmelo -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa -- The Carmelo** brand cigar was manufactured by the Enrique Henriquez cigar factory in West Tampa from 1919 until 1930.**
enlarge 51KB, 800x508 89 Carmelo -- inner (back) -- Tampa -- The impression left on the back of the inner cigar box label from the stone lithography printing process, producing a stunning raised effect in the label's front artwork. The Enrique Henriquez cigar factory, West Tampa.	enlarge 103KB, 800x477 90 Carmelo -- inner -- Tampa -- -Front- The Enrique Henriquez cigar factory, West Tampa.	enlarge 115KB, 800x600 91 Carmelo -- inner box lid -- Tampa -- Mirabal Seriel Cigar Company	enlarge 104KB, 800x570 92 Casa Cuba -- 3x4 outer -- Tampa --
enlarge 54KB, 800x649 93 Castano -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 43KB, 800x493 94 Castillo -- inner -- Tampa -- B.C. & Ca. Company	enlarge 134KB, 800x640 95 Centrilla -- inner -- tampa -- The Antonio Company	enlarge 140KB, 800x710 96 Centropolis -- inner -- Tampa-KeyWest -- A. Santaella & Co.
enlarge 217KB, 790x800 97 Cervantes -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa -- L. Sanchez and Co.	enlarge 68KB, 800x593 98 Cervantes -- inner -- Tampa -- L. Sanchez and Co.	enlarge 59KB, 800x202 99 Champ Clark - Season's Greetings -- 1x5 nail tag -- Tampa -- Star Thompson Tobacco Company	enlarge 29KB, 799x176 100 Champ Clark -- 2x9 outer -- Tampa --
enlarge 42KB, 800x204 101 Champ Clark -- 4.5 x 19 can label -- Tampa --	enlarge 206KB, 744x800 102 Champ Clark -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa -- Star Thompson Tobacco Company Named for James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark (1850 - 1921)	enlarge 40KB, 800x440 103 Champ Clark -- cover sheet -- Tampa -- Star Thompson Tobacco Company	enlarge 72KB, 800x622 104 Champ Clark -- inner -- Tampa --
enlarge 94KB, 800x586 105 Champ Clark Nationals -- 2x3 nail tag -- Tampa -- Star Thompson Tobacco Company	enlarge 86KB, 800x445 106 Champ Clark Nationals -- cover sheet-- Tampa -- Star Thompson Tobacco Company	enlarge 86KB, 800x354 107 Champ Clark, Little -- 2x4 -- Tampa -- Garcia Cigar Company	enlarge 75KB, 800x413 108 Champ Clark, Little -- box end -- Tampa -- Garcia Cigar Company
enlarge 93KB, 800x367 109 Champ Clark, Little -- inner box lid -- Tampa -- Garcia Cigar Company Factory No. 157	enlarge 80KB, 800x355 110 Champ Clark, Little -- outer box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 135KB, 800x549 111 Charles B. Perkins - C.B.P. -- inner box lid -- Tampa -- Seal of the City of Tampa Factory No. 4 Collection District, State of Florida.	enlarge 147KB, 800x581 112 Charles B. Perkins - C.B.P. -- outer box lid -- Tampa -- Printed directly on Spanish Cedar box.
enlarge 155KB, 800x584 113 Charles the Great - panetelas de luxe -- 5x7 inner-outer box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 178KB, 780x800 114 Charles the Great -- 4x4 outer (2) -- Tampa --	enlarge 176KB, 800x796 115 Charles the Great -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --	enlarge 79KB, 800x627 116 Charles the Great -- inner -- Tampa --
enlarge 163KB, 800x639 117 Charles the Great -- inner box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 116KB, 800x460 118 Charles The Great -- outer box lid -- Tampa --	enlarge 114KB, 799x595 119 Cherry Circle -- inner box lid -- Tampa -- Circa. 1932 Seal of the City of Tampa, FLA. Factory No. 182 Collection District of Florida 50	enlarge 93KB, 800x239 120 Cigar Manufacturers Association -- box stamp -- Tampa --
enlarge 123KB, 800x696 121 City of Tampa -- inner -- Tampa The Edwards Cigar Company	enlarge 94KB, 800x624 122 Cleora -- 2x2 nail tag -- Tampa -- F. Garcia & Bros.	enlarge 215KB, 795x800 123 Cleora -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --	enlarge 204KB, 800x729 124 Clipper -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --
enlarge 85KB, 800x625 125 Colonel Clay - don't bite just lite -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 215KB, 800x759 126 Colonel Clay -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --	enlarge 111KB, 800x508 127 Corina - don't bite just lite -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 219KB, 717x800 128 Corina -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --
enlarge 153KB, 800x597 129 Corina -- cover sheet -- Tampa -- Jose Escalante & Company	enlarge 124KB, 800x444 130 Corral De Luxe -- 2.5x4.5 box end -- Tampa --	enlarge 82KB, 800x594 131 Corral De Luxe -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 65KB, 800x561 132 Corral-Wodiska's C-W -- inner -- Tampa --
enlarge 39KB, 800x526 133 Cosmopolitan Club -- inner -- tampa	enlarge 192KB, 799x562 134 Count Pontchartrain -- inner-outer cedar box lid -- Tampa -- Marcelino Perez & Company Seal of the City of Tampa, Florida Factory No. 22 Customs bonded manuf'g warehouse, class six	enlarge 82KB, 800x579 135 Cu-Rey -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 119KB, 716x800 136 Cuesta-Rey - tip-rey 10 cents -- inner -- Tampa--
enlarge 133KB, 466x800 137 Cuesta-Rey -- 1x2 outer medal ribbon-- Tampa --	enlarge 170KB, 800x594 138 Cuesta-Rey -- 3x4 oval seal -- Tampa --	enlarge 110KB, 800x724 139 Cuesta-Rey - acw coronas -- inner -- Tampa --	enlarge 119KB, 800x668 140 Cuesta-Rey - imperial corona -- inner -- Tampa --
enlarge 148KB, 800x691 141 Cuesta-Rey - 3x5 lindberg mystery picture premium - Tampa --	enlarge 107KB, 800x404 142 Cuesta-Rey - Little Cuestas -- can label -- Tampa -- (trimmed)	enlarge 121KB, 800x458 143 Cuesta-Rey - Little Cuestas 5 cent -- inner box lid -- Tampa -- Tax paid stamp: May 23, 1932

**see below the following links for my Tampa Cigar Label Collection**

see below the following links for my Tampa Cigar Label Collection