Cigar Workers Preparing Tobacco at Cuesta Rey & Company

Creator

Burgert Brothers

Files

Preview

Creation Date

1924

Time Period

circa 1924

Abstract

Two cigar workers at Cuesta Rey and Company working with tobacco in a store room filled with barrels. Handwritten caption on the bottom of the photograph reads: "Preparing filler, Cuesta Rey & Company."

Alt Text

Two men standing in a warehouse filled with large barrels and piles of raw materials, likely tobacco leaves. The room has high ceilings and industrial lighting.

Keywords

Cigar industry, Tobacco workers, Factories, Barrels, Tobacco

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)

Physical Collection

Burgert Brothers Collection of Tampa Photographs

Box

2

Folder

15

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Note

Title supplied by cataloger.; Printed from negative 10803.

Identifier

B29-00010803

Recommended Citation

Burgert Brothers, "Cigar Workers Preparing Tobacco at Cuesta Rey & Company" (1924). Burgert Brothers Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 16.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/burgert/16