Memorabilia: One for the man cave


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7 minutes ago, teamrandr said:

That plate is a fake.  The Hambone character is an interesting piece of cigar history.   Even though it is clearly has racist connotations. 

 

 

 

If you get a chance, fill us in on the Hambone character cigar relevance/history?

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No problem!  I found this article which was a good one to me.https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/question/2015/december.htm

  It details the origin of the story of Hambone.  Basically Hambone was a satirical black cartoon character.  Later used on cigar boxes.  Note the cartoonishly large lips.  Unfortunately in America some cigar makers used openly racist imagery to to perpetuate myths and stereotypes.   

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