Anyone know what these are?

[kaisersozei]

While I was looking up "Cremo Cigars," the internet yielded this fabulous little tidbit:

Closer to the people in the photograph is a sign for Cremo cigars, which fell out of favor by 1929 when the company was accused of using saliva in its Cuban cigar-rolling process — prompting the slogan, "There's no spit in Cremo cigars."