In a Cuban Cigar Factory - in 1892

The link is to a story in the July 31, 1892 New York Times. The link is a pdf of about 280k.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...619C94639ED7CF

IIRC, 1892 was before the US tobacco trust tried to gain control of the entire Cuban cigar industry. (The CC brands today are mostly the "independents" - those family-owned companies that refused to be pressured into selling to the trust. An example of a (former) CC brand in the trust (and still in the trust) is Henry Clay.)

Interesting reading. Thanks for sharing!