Sign to Rafael Martinez's cigar factory Ramar Cigars - Miami, Florida

Title

• Sign to Rafael Martinez's cigar factory Ramar Cigars - Miami, Florida

Image Number

• FS8071A

Year

• Not after 1980

Series Title

• General: Folklife Collection.
• Specific: Folklife Collection "Little Havana" : Folklife in Miami Slide/Tape Program

General Note

• Accompanying note: "Aside from customs, beliefs, games, music and foodways, traditional crafts are part of folk culture. Cuba has long been noted as a cigar-making capitol in the world. When Cubans immigrated to Florida, they brought with them the folk knowledge of how to prepare and cure handmade cigars. These traditional skills are still practiced in the Florida centers of Cuban population: Key West, Tampa, and Miami."



General Note

• "Cigar-rolling is a traditional skill, learned in Cuba, that has enriched Miami's small industries."

Photographer/Personal Author

• Bulger, Peggy A.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• Painted signs and signboards--Florida--Dade County--Miami--Little Havana
• Cigar industry--Florida--Dade County--Miami--Little Havana
• Arts
• Art
• Commercial art
• Advertising
• Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami--Little Havana
• Signs (Commercial)--Florida--Dade County--Miami--Little Havana

Geographic Term

• Little Havana (Miami, Fla.)
• Dade County (Fla.)

Subject Corporate

• Florida Folklife Program.
• Ramar Cigars (Miami, Fla.)

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