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Tramp art is a style of woodworking which emerged in America in the latter half of the 19th century. Some of tramp art's defining characteristics include chip or notch carving, the reclamation of cheap or available wood such as that from cigar boxes and shipping crates, the use of simple tools such as penknives, and the layering of materials into geometric shapes through glue or nails. [1]
The Cigar Factory Artist Studios is an emerging artist community in Allentown, Pennsylvania’s art district. The site formerly belonged to the Bondy and Lederer Cigar Company, and consists of a 101,239 square-foot repurposed cigar factory on North 4th and Green Street. Today the building houses galleries, shops, and 45 artist studios. [2]
The company moved cigar production from Cuba to Trenton in 1932 after a strike at the Cuban factory, and in order to avoid high tariffs. Brands produced at the plant included Henry Clay, Bock, La Corona, and Village Brands, among others, with Winston Churchill counted a faithful customer. At its peak in the 1930s the company produced a quarter ...
The following are common boxes: [2] Cabinet selection, slid-lid or hinged lid, typically storing 25 or 50 cigars; 8-9-8, round-sided box with three layers, counting 8, 9 and 8 cigars respectively; flat top or 13-topper, two layers with 12 on bottom and 13 on top; boxes of box-pressed cigars, stored two layers with same number of cigars.
The new spot initially will be open at night from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday and from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. He expects to expand hours in the future to six nights a week and add a ...
General Cigar Company–Ansco Camera Factory Building, also known as Agfa-Ansco, General Aniline and Film (GAF), and Anitec, is a historic factory complex located at Binghamton, Broome County, New York. It was originally built in 1927-1928 for the General Cigar Company; Ansco purchased the factory in 1937. The factory building is a four-story ...
It was subsequently incorporated in New York under the same name in 1906. As of 1907, the company owned and operated nineteen factories in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and manufactured 400 million cigars annually for the wholesale market. [2] It became the General Cigar Company about 1917. The cigar factory was operated for an ...
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