Cigar Store Indians and Trade Figures

[indianafrank]

Johnny, yes I am familiar with that book. It's a GREAT book to begin with! If you have questions feel free to PM me.

 

[crusher47]

Those are awesome!

 

[johnnyreb]

Thank you Frank! I'll get the book ordered and see what happens.

 

[paranoidpiper]

Isn't there a song wrote about one?

 

[corwinmortac]

Have to revive this thread. From the pictures above the shop that says J. Mierjovsky was from Manhattan around 1915 give or take a few years. Joseph Mirejovsky was my maternal Great Great Grandfather and was a master pipe maker at the turn of the century. There is a publication in colliers from 1916 where is was stated that Joseph was the last master meerschaum carver left in NYC at the time. Thanks to whoever found this photo, now if I can just find a few of his caught ofter pipes...

 

[bluegrasspipe]

What an interesting thread fellas thank you!!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, and I love my Cigar Store Indian. In storage ready for a move, so photo I may not have.

 

[balkisobrains]

Yep, very cool thread. The link in the original post has some other interesting items as well.

 

[nevadablue]

I have my own cigar store indian. I carved him a few years ago for the Tobacco Emporium (gun shop and tobacco store) in my little 1/24 scale train layout.

He is kind of ugly, but a lot of them were. And, this was my first attempt at carving a 'person'.

This reminds me, I need to get the store out and display it in my office.

 

[tbradsim1]

Nothing ugly about that, I like it.

 

[cranseiron]

I'm with tbrad, Ken. Pretty cool!

 

[mikeklumpp]

excellent thread - thanks all