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Al Racke Pittsburgh Wood Advertising Cigar Crate - This is an antique wooden advertising crate for Al Racke, an early 20th-century business based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The crate is constructed of nailed wood with a hinged lid that features two reinforcing wooden battens. The interior lid retains a partial lithographed paper label with the text AL RACKE and PITTSBURGH. and a graphic depicting a sailing ship with a stylized letter R on its sail. A secondary paper label is located on the front panel with visible fragments reading ACKE and PITTSBURGH, PA. The crate includes a recessed handle cutout on the side.