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This single-item collection consists of an unused Mazer-Cressman cigar box color label (6.5 x 7.75 inches) commemorating Charles A. Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight in the Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis (r/n N-X-211) on May 20-21, 1927.
On May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, thus becoming the first pilot to fly solo and nonstop from New York to Paris. This flight made Lindbergh a household name and catapulted him into fame and celebrity. Objects of popular culture such as this cigar box label reflect the public adulation for Lindbergh and the powerful commercial response to his celebrity. The Mazer-Cressman Cigar Company Inc. of Detroit, Michigan (once a major United States cigar-making center) filed a trademark for this design with the US Patent Office in July 1927.
NASM.XXXX.0987
circa 1927
Robert Jaques, gift, 1973, NASM.XXXX.0987
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Related artifacts in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection: Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, A19280021000. Cigar Box, Lindbergh, King Collection, A20040295030.
This single-item collection consists of an unused 5-cent cigar box label (6.5 x 7.75 inches) issued by the Mazer-Cressman Cigar Co. Inc. (Detroit, Michigan) in honor of Charles A. Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight in the Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis (r/n N-X-211) on May 20-21, 1927. The chromolithograph print, produced for Mazer-Cressman by the American Lithographic Co. (New York), features a right side view of the Spirit of St. Louis in flight over the title in a half-circle, with stylized illustrations of the cities of St. Louis and New York (USA) at left and Paris (France) at right.
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"Spirit of St. Louis" Cigar Box Label, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0987, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
Airplanes
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis"
Cigar boxes
Aeronautics -- Collectibles
Aeronautics -- Flights
Aeronautics -- Records
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Cigar labels
Chromolithographs