Cigar Box Opener with Bottle Lid Opener

Title

Cigar Box Opener with Bottle Lid Opener

Subject

Cigar Box Opener

Description

Steel cigar box opener and bottle lid opener stamped "Ohio Valley Wholesale Co." on one side. The hatchet end was used to slit label and tax stamp, pry the nail out of a cigar box lid, then pound the lid shut. The 1922 Portsmouth City Directory lists The Ohio Valley Wholesale Co., G L McMahon, Pres., T F Stanton, Sec., I E McMahon, Treas., at 737-739 Fifth (5th) Street. Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobaccos, Smokers' Articles and Sundries.

Creator

unknown

Date

circa. 1920s

Format

12 cm long, 4.5 cm at widest

Coverage

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio

Rights

Scanned by permission from the collection of Paul O'Neill