Selling Cigars
A National Cigar Museum Gallery
© Tony Hyman
 
OPEN EXHIBITS  Salesmen The guys responsible for diversity  Salesmen as seen on Cigar Boxes The industry looks at its own  Salesmen’s advance cards “Look out, here I come!”  Salesmen’s sample boxes Colorful boxes of 12 & 13  How cigars were displayed in stores Why there aren’t more boxes  Street Sellers The entrepreneurial spirit  The earliest cigar labels Cuban, naturally  Giant cigars Some biggies NEW Small-town choices Smoking in the sticks  Premiums How much A SAMPLE OF OTHER EXHIBITS ABOUT SELLING COMING God willing, insha Allah, and the ocean don’t rise.  Store exteriors Where could you buy a cigar?  Inside places cigars were sold 19th & 20th century displayss  Inducements Offers and deals  Window displays Once hot competition  Gimmicks Who did what  Parade floats July 4 and other ad ops  Outdoor advertising Everywhere a man was likely to go  Cigar store Indians and other figures  United Cigar Stores coupons, coupons and more coupons  United premiums 160 redemption centers  Morton Edwin Story The boy cigar roller  Mail order companies Around for a long time  The Tobacco Trust Their takeover try  -frin- How../Selling_Cigars/Cigar_salesmen.html../Selling_Cigars/Salesmen_on_boxes.html../Selling_Cigars/Advance_cards.html../Selling_Cigars/Sample-boxes.html../Selling_Cigars/How_boxes_were_displayed.html../Selling_Cigars/Street_vendors.html../Cuba/Early_Cuban_labels.html../Selling_Cigars/Giant_cigars.html../Selling_Cigars/Small-town_choices.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8
Work on the Cigar History exhibit has been started. It is a huge undertaking that I anticipate could take 3 or 4 years or longer. SELLING CIGARS is a part of that history. It’s not finished. At least a dozen more exhibits are part of the story. While those are being written you can expect to see a number of other to be posted. Future exhibits will take detailed looks at: • Growing cigar tobacco • Wholesale leaf industry • Making cigars • Where cigars were made • Important manufacturers • Cigar brokers and wholesalers • Accouterments of cigar smoking • State histories and a lot more. You are invited to visit every couple months to see which of the 300 exhibit chapters has been added. New pictures are constantly being added to existing exhibits. Re-visit your favorites at least once a year. Tony Hyman
Please, if you enjoy these exhibits and want more, TELL ME: tony@cigarhistory.infomailto:tony@cigarhistory.infoshapeimage_4_link_0