Was cigar smoking or cigar making particularly popular among Scots-Canadians, or was there just something comfortable about nostalgic Scottish themes to smokers of all backgrounds? Either way, no traditional ethnic group is better represented in the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s collection of cigar boxes.

HIGHLAND LASSIE Trimmed nailed wood box (50) Factory 7 IRD 32 Series of 1897 Jno. McNee & Sons, London, Ont. CMC 2001.185.22 Tony Hyman Collection

THE CLANSMAN Trimmed nailed wood box (50) Factory 1IRD 31Series of 1897 H. B. Gardner, Brantford, Ont. CMC 2005.139.20

HAGGIS Trimmed nailed wood box (50) Factory 6 IRD 17 circa 1883–1908 S. Davis & Sons, Montreal, Que. CMC 2004.122.11

HIGHLAND REEL Trimmed nailed wood box (50) Factory 23 IRD 26 Series of 1897 Unknown maker, Toronto, Ont. CMC 2004.122.8 a-b

OUR PIPERS Trimmed nailed wood box (50) Factory 17 IRD 32 Series of 1897 G. Olmsted & Co., London, Ont. CMC 2003.46.26

ROB ROY Trimmed nailed wood box (10) Factory 14 IRD 26 Series of 1897 C. J. Grace & Co., Toronto, Ont. CMC 2003.46.75

TAM O'SHANTER Trimmed nailed wood box (50) Factory 6 IRD 31 Series of 1897 Jones Bros., Woodstock, Ont. CMC 2003.46.94