Vanishing American Cigar Store Indian Figures Then and Now
A historical overview traces the rise of wooden cigar store Indians in the United States from their European origins to iconic American carvings. It highlights notable carvers like Lewis Jobin, shifts from ship figureheads to retail guardians, and modern sales of rare figures at high values, with examples from Quebec, New York, Ohio, and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Francis Drake
Walter Raleigh
England
Merrie
James 1
Pocahontas
Europe
London
Uncle Sam
Walter ‘Raleigh
Boston
Christopher Demuth
Lancaster
Baltimore
Chichester
Tom Millard
Lewis Jobin
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Quebec
Jobin
Louis
Rue St. Jean
Quebec City
Tobin
Canana
New York
Montreal
Edouard Muurcotte
Ste. Anne
Edward Ten
New York City
Congress of
Cigar Store
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Seneca John
Annals of American Antiquities
Albinus Elehert
New Riegel
Ohio
Henry” Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Ford
Mark Sullivan
New York Herald Tribune
America
Herald Tribune
Penny Yan
Montour
Falls
Penn Yan
N. Y
M. L. Blumenthal
Hyening Post
Au Fair
Paris
Mercury
Paris Cigar Company
Main Street
Frank Jones
Colorado Springs
Colo. Frank
Clinton Osborn
Osborns
Bob Parsons
Ashland
Wis
Sitting Bull
Parsons
Dakota Plains
Mississippi River
Hermim Whruske
Chequamegon Bay
Old Settlers’ Association
Semloh
California
S. E. Holmes
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Marysville
Calif
Marysvile
Chief Semloh
Semlah
Holmes
Maltzberger Cigar
Reading
Ola
New ‘York
Reading Museum
Western Newspaper Union
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Colorado Springs, Colo
Elmo Scott Watson
Galena, Ill
Little
Finney
MR Finney
Watteis
Fanny