A Little Bit of History:

[El Presidente]

St Pete Times Feb 7 1962

[mkz]

I would love to se that on a NC cigar box: "Handmade with other tobacco".

[Professor Twain]

Wow Rob, this is fascinating. Great that you were able to dig this up.

Tampa is still full of the beautiful old cigar factories that used to hum with activity. Some have been converted to other activities, some have been lost. Here is a listing of 24 of the cigar factories and their current uses.

http://www.cigarsoftampa.com/tpa-factoriesmap.html

[BobKincaid]

Fascinating, Rob.

It reads like a dispatch from another world. Then again, it was.