Under the general category of “show carvings” is the
subcategory of carved wooden advertising figures. Under this category are the carved wooden
figures once used by tobacco shops to advertise their wares. More often than not, these figures were
Indians. Here are a few vintage photos
showing cigar store Indians.
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Sunday, March 02, 2014
Cigar Store Indians #1 (From Eric Beheim)
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These carvings were done in the same shops and by the same carvers that produced the carvings used on circus parade wagons.
When I was a boy there was still a cigar store Indian in front of a tobacco store on Fifth Avenue right in the heart of town.
I remember it was on wheels and pushed inside at night.
In some cases but not all.
Dick Flint
Baltimore
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