Links You Might Enjoy

by Tony Hyman



Uploaded February 2010

Updated June 24, 2010

 

Popular Cigar History Museum Exhibits


  1. http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Bad_brands.html

  2. http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Stolen_brands.html  

  3. http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Labels_with_photos.html  

  4. http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Election_boxes.html   

  5. http://cigarhistory.info/Themes/Health.html   

  6. http://cigarhistory.info/Selling_Cigars/Advance_cards.html  

  7. http://cigarhistory.info/Selling_Cigars/Street_vendors.html   



Links to Other Museums


  1. <http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/cigares/cigar-boxes-e.shtmlThe Canadian Museum of Civilisation’s Exhibit “Canada in a Box,” a look at the cigar industry of Canada.

  2. <http://www.civilisations.ca/tresors/cigares/cigars/cigar02e.html  The newest (second) cigar box exhibit of the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, “Selling Smoke: How Canadian Cigar Boxes Pitched their Wares 1883-1935”



Links to Other Collections


  1. http://cigpack.webs.com/   leads you to the home page of the Cigarette Pack Collectors’ Association, and their articles and links. No return link.

  2. http://users.ap.net/~burntofferings/index.html>  Jim Shaw’s page, “Burnt Offerings” probably the largest site devoted to cigarette history and collecting. No return link.

  3. http://www.kolumbus.fi/collector.kettunen/finnish%20cigar/Finnish%20cigars.html>              A collection of cigar boxes from Finland. This is part of a larger site involving boxes and other tobacco items worldwide collected by Jukka Kettunen. No return link.

  4. <www.kolumbus.fi/collector.kettunen The larger site involving boxes and other tobacco items worldwide collected by Jukka Kettunen. No return link.

  5. <http://www.sigarenblikken.nl> To see a good sized collection of Dutch cigar boxes and tins click on <De Versameling> and the links down the side of that. Then go to <Foto’s van sigarenblikken uit ...etc.> and use the arrows at the top right of the page to view even more tins.  Return link under <Links>.

  6. <http://tabakantikpoint.npage.de/>. To see a nice collection of German boxes. The assortment box on home page is absolutely spectacular. The site is the collection of Andreas Voss who specializes in full German boxes made between 1940 and 1965. No return link.

• <http://picasaweb.google.nl/tincollectors/VariousTins?feat=email#> will lead you to part of Jan Goedhart’s fabulous collection of “various tins.”  His collection of cigarette tins is at <http://picasaweb.google.nl/tincollectors/CigaretteTinDatabase?feat=email#> and http://picasaweb.google.nl/tincollectors/Flat50sDatabase?feat=email# where you’ll find a great selection of Flat 50’s. His sites are a lesson in European and middle Eastern tobacco tins off all sorts. No return link.

°  <http://www.wendyenguy.be> Belgian cigar label collector Guy Brys presents a large and tantalizing mix of American and European cigar labels. Think you’ve seen ‘em all? You haven’t.    No return link.


Commercial Links


  1. <www.stogiefresh.comLots of interesting stuff about cigars including interviews, podcasts, reviews, videos, travel and more. Highly recommended.

  2. <www.cigar-magazine.com>  Regretably shuttered.

  3. <www.iCollect.be>  Link to Pascal Raemdonck’s site of advertising playing cards, primarily European, for sale.  Highly recommended for card collectors.

  4. <www.thecollectionzone.comClaudio Gambacciani’s sales site for labels and other European cigar ephemera.




Interview Links (all different)


  1. <http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/Interviews/8692A015-6183-4CAB-BDB7-CD146F7D7C10.htmlPrinted version of my June, 2007, interview about collecting cigartifacts, published on his web-journal by my good friend Doc StogieFresh.

  2.   <http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-cigar-memorabilia-and-ephemera-collector-tony-hyman/>  Collectors Weekly interview with Tony Hyman conducted and or transcribed by Maribeth Keane and George Spencer.

  3.   <http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?>

     <http://media.libsyn.com/media/dogwatchsocialclub/Cigars_One_To_One_009.mp3>  Links to a lengthy audio interview on the Early History of Cigars recorded in June of 2009 with Bob McDuffee, Host and Producer of DogWatch Cigar Radio. Good clear sound.

  1.   <http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?>

     < http://media.libsyn.com/media/cigarmediatv/Cigars_One_To_One_025.mp3>

Links to Part II of the Early History of Cigars recorded in January of 2010 with Bob McDuffee, Host and Producer of DogWatch Cigar Radio. Audio.



My Personal Links


  1. <www.TonyHyman.info>   My personal site filled with photos of Egypt, Peru, Africa and other interesting places worldwide.