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Comic sketch of a fat man being rowed in a boat with the name of cigar importer below. Woodcut, early 19th century.

A London street scene, mid-19th century, with a tobacconist's shop. Wood-engraving.

Britannia holding a trident in one hand and tobacco leaves in the other. Engraving by Silvester, early 19th century.

Tobacco factory, Industrial Corner, Barcelona St., Cuba: a view of the interior, showing men seated at rows of desks, rolling cigars. Photograph, 1902.

Five pictures: two labels with ornamentation; an Indian smoking by a barrel; cherubs carrying a cigar; Havanna cigars and box. Wood-engravings.

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Tobacco factory, Industrial Corner, Barcelona St., Cuba: a view of the interior, showing men seated at rows of desks, rolling cigars. Photograph, 1902.

Comic sketch of a fat man being rowed in a boat with the name of cigar importer below. Woodcut, early 19th century.

A London street scene, mid-19th century, with a tobacconist's shop. Wood-engraving.

Five pictures: two labels with ornamentation; an Indian smoking by a barrel; cherubs carrying a cigar; Havanna cigars and box. Wood-engravings.

Britannia holding a trident in one hand and tobacco leaves in the other. Engraving by Silvester, early 19th century.