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Listen: The World ProgramInterior of a large cigar factory - Tampa, Florida.
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Collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Interior views
Occupational groups--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Cigar making
Industry, Cigarmaking--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Lay readers
Material culture--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Cigars
Tobacco industry--Employees
Tobacco workers--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Agricultural industries--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Plant products industry--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Tobacco industry--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Cigar industry--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Cigar makers--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Physical Description
General Note
260' deep 50' wide, seats 800 hands producing 200,000 cigars daily.
Note the lector reading from the raised platform at the right. Historically, lectors or readers in a cigar factory entertained workers by reading books or newspapers aloud, often left-wing publications, paid for by unions or by workers pooling their money. The practice apparently originated in Cuba, and is still known there today.
Photonegative of a postcard.
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