Pyrgos No. 1 Egyptian Cigarettes Box, Circa 1900s-1920s
$40.00 USD
Small box for Pyrgos No. 1 Egyptian Cigarettes, made by A. Johnson & Co. with operations listed in both Lowell, Massachusetts and Cairo, Egypt, illustrated with a helmeted classical warrior figure - an example of an American firm branding its cigarettes as genuine Egyptian product by maintaining a nominal Cairo manufacturing presence. Dates to approximately 1900s-1920s. Good surviving color and lettering.