Cigar Label American Lithographic Company ALCO - The Signal Perfecto John T. Stier and Son Louisville Kentucky

Original Chromolithograph Cigar Label by the American Lithographic Company (ALCO).

The Signal Perfecto (John T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky)

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#	Image	Title	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Africora (Mi Fama por el Orbe, H Cy Ca): Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c.1905	Woman draped in exotic Indian dress emerging from a tropical setting
02-		Alcazar (M&N Cigar Mfgrs Inc., Cleveland, Ohio): Cigar Label, Consolidated Litho. Corp., New York	Original Chromolithograph	1926	Famous trotter, and the harness racer, Alcazar, facing left, includes a view of the race track	Sold
03-		Brick House Selected Tabaccos (M&N Cigar Mfgrs Inc., Cleveland, Ohio): Cigar Label, Consolidated Lithographing Corporation, Brooklyn, NY	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1926-1930	Tobacco plantation in the mountains, a red brick house, a woman, and a donkey.
04.-		Chicago Hand Made, Mild Havana Blend: Cigar Label, Schlegel Litho Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	1920	View of the Chicago skyline from across the bay	Sold
05-		Christy Girl, Registered by Lee Heine: Cigar Label, Schlegel Litho Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1895 - 1900	Portrait of a woman in red based upon a Howard Chandler Christy design
06-		Clipper: Cigar Label, 19th Century American Tobacco Advertising, Charles Odence Company, Boston, Massachusetts	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1895	The Clipper is a multiple-masted sailing ship generally used by merchants due to their high speed	Sold
07-		Compliments of the Season, The Old Old Greeting Kind & True: Cigar Label, Julius Bien Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	1911	Christmas, floral arrangement with traditional poinsettias and bells.
08-		Coqueta (American Tobacco Advertising Art): Cigar Label, American Lithographic Company New York	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1895	Portrait of a woman, French style, period of Marie Antoinette.
09-		Edmund Halley (James W. Smith Cigar Co., U.S.A): Cigar Label, Benjamin J. Kane, Co., Philadelphia, PA	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1910	Portrait of Edmund Halley, the first to calculate the orbit of a comet, "Halley's Comet".
10-		El Gaurdo (Title and Design Registered): Cigar Label, D. S. Erb & Co., Boyertown, Pennsylvania	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1910	English bulldog on duty, beside him is a cigar box with a similar label, a picture within a picture	Sold
11-		Elsie: Cigar Label, Henry B. Grauley, State House Cigar Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, PA	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1885	Little girl poking her head out of a brick wall opening
12-		Epco (Title & Design Owned by E.P.C. Co.): Cigar Label, East Prospect Cigar Company, Pennsylvania	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1930	Woman dressed in ancient Egyptian attire holding a harp, seascape and sailboat in the distance.
13-		Flor de Scotia (William D. Castro Tobacco Factory): Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c.1905	Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots	Sold
14-		Grey Horse (Portrait of General James Outram): Cigar Label, F. M. Howell Company, Elmira, New York	Original Chromolithograph	1890	Statue of General James Outram, 1st Baronet mounted on his horse.	Sold
15-		La Tonelda, No 577 Copyright in the US Patent Office: Cigar Label, Julius Bien Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	1911	Portrait, young woman in an oval frame and gold coin decorations
16-		Marina (Petitos): Cigar Label, 19th Century Dutch Tobacco Advertising	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1895	Portrait of a woman wearing a blue sailing shirt holding a boat paddle.
17-	-	Mariner (Uit de Beste Soorten Tabak Gefabriceerd): Cigar Label, 19th Century Dutch Tobacco Advertising	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1895	Sailor seated on cargo at a dock (Manufactured using the Best Types of Tobacco)	Sold
18-	-	Meisterschaft (Championship 'Rowing Competition'): Cigar Label, German Tobacco Advertising	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1895 - 1920	Man wearing an old fashion red swimsuit rowing his boat in a competition.	Sold
19-		Mexican Princess (Manufactured by Oaxaca Association, Chicago, Illinois): Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c.1905	Portrait of a Mexican Woman dressed in ornate Native costume
20-		AAA Motorist, Chicago-Capital-City (Havana Cigars - Chicago AAA Capitol): Cigar Label, F. C. Lundquist Maker Printed by Harry Erickson, Chicago, Illinois	Original Chromolithograph	1922	Mercury ablaze at the wheel of a Motor vehicle
21-		Our Bird (Charles Lindbergh's Plane, Spirit of St. Louis): Cigar Label, Early 20th Century American Advertising	Original Chromolithograph	1930's	Image of Lindbergh's monoplane lane printed in blue and red tones
22-		Peter Manning, Champion Trotter (Owned by Hanover Shoe Farms): Cigar Label, Early 20th Century American Tobacco Advertising	Original Chromolithograph	1922	Head study of the horse Peter Manning, includes a view of the race track.	Sold
23-		Strawberry (Entered According to the Act of Congress, by Fred Wambach, Washington): Cigar Label, Fred Wambach Tobacco Company	Original Chromolithograph	1874	Fantastic mouse drawn carriage loaded with a giant strawberry
24-		Swan: Cigar Label, Early 20th Century Tobacco Advertising	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1925	White Swan in blue water and view of a Tropical Island
25-		The Signal Perfecto (John T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky): Cigar Label (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1905-1915	Victorian woman dressed in gray, waving her handkerchief and leaning against a parasol.
26-		Two Friends (Title and Design Registered): Cigar Label, 19th Century American Tobacco Advertising	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1890	Seated Victorian Woman shaking the paw of a Saint Bernard
27-		White Cat (Standard Quality): Consolidated Lithographing Corporation, Brooklyn, NY	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1930	Furry white cat perched on a giant cigar

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Sarony & Co., Sarony, Major & Knapp, Knapp Company & the American Lithographic Company
#	Image	Title	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Africora, Mi Fama por el Orbe, H Cy Ca: Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	1905	American Lithographic Co., N.Y
02.-		Bivouac, January 28 by John Tidball, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
03.-		Canadian River near Camp 38 by Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
04.-		Chimney Peak From The Colorado River by John J. Young, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
05.-		Coqueta: Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1895	American Lithographic Co., N.Y
06.-		Fairbank's Fairy Calendar 1901, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	1901	American Lithographic Co., N.Y	Sold
07.-		Flor de Scotia, William D. Castro Tobacco Factory: Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c.1905	American Lithographic Co., N.Y	Sold
08.-		Mexican Princess, Crown imported and Manufactured by Oaxaca Association, Chicago, Illinois, Buena Vista, Mexico: Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c.1905	American Lithographic Co., N.Y
09.-		Peaks of the Sierra Blanca (From near Fort Massachusetts) by Richard Kern, printed by Sarony, & Co., New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
10.-		Peluse Falls by John Mix Stanley, Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Sold
11.-		Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages (Mohave Villages) by John J. Young & H. B. Mollhausen, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
12.-		The Signal Perfecto, John T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1905-1915	American Lithographic Co., N.Y
13.-		Trade Card by The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. N.Y. (Advertiser: Lautz Brothers & Company, New York)	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1885	The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. N.Y.
14.-		Trade Card by The Knapp Co., Lith., N.Y (Advertiser: Woolson Spice Company, Toledo, Ohio)	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1890 - 1895	The Knapp Co., Lith., N.Y
15-		Trade Card (Advertiser: Woolson Spice Company, Toledo, Ohio), Shooting Arrow! by The Knapp Co., New York	Original Chromolithograph	1893	The Knapp Co., Lith., N.Y
16-		Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos by Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, printed by A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
17-		View of Hong-Kong From East Point by Wilhelm Heine and Eliphalet Brown Jr., Sarony & Co., New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1856	Sarony & Co., New York	Sold

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Title:	The Signal Perfecto (John T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky)
Printer:	American Lithographic Co., N. Y. (ALCO)
Registered:	Design and Title Owned by J. T. Stier & Son
Date:	c. 1905 - 1915
Medium:	Original Chromolithograph
Source:	American Advertising Cigar Label (Trimming)
Note:	Cigar Labels, American Tobacco Advertising Art: From approximately 1880 to 1930, cigar manufacturers were one of the most competitive and clearly the most lucrative of the American businesses. They were quick to recognize the vast potential of creating colorful and eye-catching images to represent their product. Because of this commercial rivalry, it was not unusual for a major cigar company to spend thousands of dollars in designing its labels. The result was that the greatest achievements in chromolithographic art were produced specifically for these companies. Such is the case for this original example entitled, "The Signal Perfecto" created by (ALCO), the American Lithographic Company in New York between 1905 and 1915 for the J. T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky cigar company. The image for this original chromolithograph depicts a Victorian woman wearing a long gray dress and a fancy hat. She is waving her handkerchief and holding a parasol. The printing includes, embossing, which lends a three dimensional quality to the label, bronzing and at least five color stones were added. It is a striking example of complex printmaking techniques by the American Lithographic Company (ALCO) and American tobacco advertising art from the early 20th century.
	J. T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky: John T. Stier is listed in the 1871 Louisville, Kentucky senses as a tobacco manufacturer. One of their major brands was Quail and the earliest cigar label design found for this brand contains the copyright date of 1870. The same (Quail label) was also registered in 1914 by J. T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky. The Quail brand or the Stier company was later sold to the Schroer Brothers cigar firm. There is a similar (Quail label) registered by the Schroer Brothers cigar company in 1947. An article in the Morning Herald dated April 25, 1972 contains an an entertaining interview with George Schroer and his younger brother Harold (Still making cigars after 52 years). They discuss the old time cigar makers and their participation in the cigar industry in Louisville, Kentucky.
	Sarony and Major, Sarony & Company: Born of English parents in Quebec City, Napoleon Sarony (Quebec, 1821 - New York, 1896), learned lithography from his father and emigrated to New York in 1836. There, he worked as an apprentice for several lithographers, including Nathaniel Currier. Sarony then opened a lithographic business in partnership with Henry B. Major. The company went through a number of confusing overlapping alterations in names and partnerships. It was called 'Sarony and Major' (c. 1846 - 1857). Then Sarony's company bore the title, 'Sarony & Company' (c. 1853-1857). Commodore Perry's famous expedition to Japan was printed by this firm in 1856.
	Sarony, Major & Knapp, The Knapp Co. and the Joseph P. Knapp Co.: During the mid 1850's, Joseph Fairchild Knapp (1832-1891), entered the firm and the name of the company was expanded to, 'Sarony, Major & Knapp' (c 1855 - c. 1864). During this period the firm produced many important and historical works of art created for the The Pacific Railroad Surveys and the Ives Expedition, other prospects included printing paper money, certificates, labels, sheet music and with many other interesting works. Napoleon Sarony left the partnership around 1864 to pursue a new career in photography. He rose to become one of America's most famous pioneers in this field. After Sarony's departure, the company took on the name of, Major & Knapp around 1864, and by 1888, it became known as The Knapp Company. Around 1890, Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864-1951), purchased the company from his father and shortly after renamed it, the 'Joseph P. Knapp Co.'. By this time, advertising generated a major part of their income. They printed original lithographic and chromolithographic labels, trade cards, post cards, posters and prints for books, magazines etc. Later, the company would assume the title of the 'American Lithographic Company', and from 1892 to 1929, it became one of the largest lithographic firms in North America.
	Note: When Joseph P. Knapp’s company became the art publishing branch of the 'American Lithographic Company' (ALCO), they continued producing great works of art under various Knapp names. The Knapp firms were the advertising specialty printers of calendars and promotional items. Starting around 1900, the printing history of the Knapp firm becomes a bit more confusing as the various Knapp firms taking credit for the printed material are numerous and the dates sometimes overlap. The following includes a list of the lithographic Knapp firms recorded on various prints from 1864 to 1929. Major & Knapp Engr. & Mf'g & Lith. Co., N.Y. Major & Knapp Co., N.Y. Major Knapp & Co. 56 & 58 Park Place, N.Y. Major, Knapp & Co., N.Y. The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. N.Y Knapp & Co., N.Y. Knapp & Co., Lith., N.Y Knapp & Co., Lithographers and Printers, Park Place, N.Y. The Knapp Co., N.Y. The Knapp Co., Lith. N.Y Joseph P. Knapp Litho. N.Y. Knapp Co., Inc., N.Y. The Knapp Co., Inc., N.Y. American Lithographic Co., N.Y. (ALCO)
	The American Lithographic (ALCO) 1892-1929: In 1892, the financial Commercial Chronicle and Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, a weekly Newspaper reported the consolidation of business interests under the title of the "American Lithographic Co.," purchased by the Knapp Company, New York. The firms that were integrated into this merger were all competing for the cigar label and advertising industry at the time. This merger included, George S. Harris & Sons, Philadelphia, Harris founded the cigar label lithographic company in 1847; Heppenheimer's and Sons, one of the nation's most important cigar label printers (1851-1892) founded by Frederick Heppenheimer, the Donaldson Brothers Co., NY, the Giles Company, Eddy & Calaus, Witsch & Schmitt, and Schumacher & Ettinger. The President of the new company would become Mr. P. Knapp. The American Lithographic Company also printed and published everything from advertising art to fine art prints such as, trade cards, baseball cards, post cards, world war one posters, certificates for bond and other things, cigar labels and the list goes on. "The Signal Perfecto" is a fine example of the cigar label art created by ALCO during this period. Around 1928, the firm was purchased by the United States Printing & Lithographic Company. In 1929, the Consolidated Litho Company took over their label producing division.
	Important American publishing and printing firms that produced original chromolithographs during the 19th and early 20th centuries include, Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York, the American Lithographic Company, New York John Winsch, New York True & Company, Augusta, Maine, Opeyfuss & Sachs, New York, H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine, Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, New York, A. Hoen & Company, Richmond, Virginia, the Calvert Lithographic Company in Detroit, Michigan, Louis Prang & Company, The Century Company, New York, and others.
	These Companies printed and published original monochrome and hand-colored lithographs as well as chromolithographic prints dealing with Victorian genre which depicted children and pretty women, animals and birds, still life images of flowers and fruit. On a more educational level, it extended to topographical views, maps and other prints dealing with various scientific, historical and political subjects.
	Chromolithography -- printing images by using a series of carefully registered tint stones -- became the most popular method for publishing everything from fine art and posters to post cards and advertisements during the latter half of the nineteenth century and into the early 20th century. Further, expensive steps were added during the 'golden' age of the cigar label. Brass embossing dies were often engraved into the paper, lending a three dimensional quality to the label. As well, a bronze powder was applied like ink and burnished with brushes to create areas of gold. This was called, 'bronzing'. As antique art, advertisements such as this original example entitled, The Signal Perfecto is a fine example of complex printmaking techniques and artistry.
	One of the major factors that led to the downfall of this unique art during the 1920's was the far less costly advances of photomechanical methods which made this original and complex form of art all but obsolete.
Size:	10 X 6 1/4 (Label Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $125.00 US
Condition:	Printed on early 20th century wove paper and with full margins as published on the above date. This is a beautifully printed impression and in superb condition throughout. "The Signal Perfecto" is a striking example of the original lithographic art created by the American Lithographic Company, New York for the John T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky.
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Cigar Label: American Lithographic Company (ALCO)

The Signal Perfecto (John T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky)