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Wait, wait, Jimmy says. He can explain. He says the scene is a recreation of a 60-year-old black-and-white photo of himself as a young boy, his foot on a basketball and his hand holding a cigar ...
Illustrations of cigar stores on Broadway in New York City, as they appeared between the early 1900s and today. Julia Wertzis a professional cartoonist and amateur historian. She sells cityscape ...
One of the earliest illustrations of a cigar box instrument is an 1876 etching of two Civil War soldiers at a campsite, one of whom is playing a cigar box fiddle.
There are rich gold cigar labels and pompous calling cards, elegant baroque business signs and plenty of campy ads from 19th-century London. Not all of the contributors are anonymous, though most are.
One of the earliest illustrations of a cigar box instrument is an 1876 etching of two Civil War soldiers at a campsite, one of whom is playing a cigar box fiddle.