THE CIGAR THAT SPARKED A REVOLUTION

[El Presidente]

THE CIGAR THAT SPARKED A REVOLUTION

 

Jose Marti with supporters of the Cuban revolution, on the steps of the Ybor-Manrara cigar factory, 1893.
This building is now home to a restaurant, "The Spaghetti Warehouse" and offices for scientology.

 

The O'Halloran brothers, Blas, Estanislaus & Ignacio, were sons of Cuban-born cigar maker Rafael O'Halloran and his wife, Francesca.

 

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[smokum]

Great read !