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April 6, 2004 9:03 AM

The Up-In-Smoke Cigar Band Museum. "There are nearly 800 different vintage cigar bands currently displayed in the Museum, selected from my own collection. The cigar bands are displayed in exhibits contained in 12 different galleries arranged by general subject." Aaah, ephemera! My favorite galleries: "Men in Big Red Hats" and "Daddies, Baddies, Beauties, Babes, and Brothers."
posted by grabbingsand (5 comments total)

Wow, it's nice to see this link here. This is my oldest brother's site. His collection is huge (as you might guess).
posted by acornface at 9:12 AM on April 6, 2004

any second now, a cigar-dipping post.
posted by quonsar at 9:13 AM on April 6, 2004

Cigar bands - aren't they the ones that play cigar-box guitars?
posted by soyjoy at 9:14 AM on April 6, 2004

This is an excellent link. The galleries are wonderful -- be sure not to miss the cigar-band folk art.
posted by rafter at 12:50 PM on April 6, 2004

This is cool. I used to collect cigar bands when I was a kid, had them sent from relatives in the Netherlands.
posted by carter at 3:39 PM on April 6, 2004