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Vanishing American: The cigar store Indian in history
Elmo Scott Watson notes how Indians in the United States persist in number but the cigar store Indian, once a common trade sign, has become an American relic. The piece traces origins in England and rise in the United States, wooden-carving craft by Louis Jobin and others, and how market value surged from pennies to hundreds as items became antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson Pear
United States
New World
Pour Lo
Cigar Store
Standig
Francis Drake
Walter Raleigh
England
Breland
Merrie England
James T
Europe
London
Uncle Sam
Boston
Christopher Demuth
Lancaster
Baltimore
Chichester
Tom Millard
Louis Jobin
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Quebec
Jobin
Rue St Jean
Quebec City
New York
Montreal
Edward Hen
Hen
New York City
Congress of
Cleveland Plain Cealer
Seneca John
Tiffin Tecumseh
Albinus Blehert
New Riegel
Ohio
Hoge Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Ford
Mark Sullivan
New York Herald Tribune
America
Penn Yan
Montour Falls