The Life Box (Part 4)

Here's the box from which Dad distributed cigars to celebrate my birth:

Suburban Chicago, 1958. "Once you try an El Producto, you won't settle for anything less. That's because they're mild … naturally mild."

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Suburban Chicago, 1958. After he'd given away the cigars, Dad kept the box in the garage, and he used it to store nails and other-bitsy-garage stuff.

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Suburban Chicago, 1958. The man who created the artwork for the box's interior signed his creation.