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But the wrapper, the outside leaf, is painstakingly done by hand
But the wrapper, the outside leaf, is painstakingly done by hand

But the wrapper, the outside leaf, is painstakingly done by hand

Date8/30/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: But the wrapper; the outside leaf; is painstakingly done by hand. Wrappers cost $30 a pound.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018067F
Familiar sight: Ontario Hydro workers already must go outside to smoke and new municipal bylaws will ban smoking in most other buildings and workplaces
Familiar sight: Ontario Hydro workers already must go outside to smoke and new municipal bylaws will ban smoking in most other buildings and workplaces
3/1/1988
Refuse to quit: Shivering patients, left, smoke outside Toronto East General Hospital last March, above, Toronto employee Elizabeth Dodd takes a break in cafeteria
Refuse to quit: Shivering patients, left, smoke outside Toronto East General Hospital last March, above, Toronto employee Elizabeth Dodd takes a break in cafeteria
1/12/1989
Cigarette break: Once seen as glamorous but now viewed as a dirty habit, smoking can leave people out in the cold - outside Mount Sinal Hospital in this case
Cigarette break: Once seen as glamorous but now viewed as a dirty habit, smoking can leave people out in the cold - outside Mount Sinal Hospital in this case
1/8/1990
Best flavor: Cuban cigars, hand-rolled from whole leaves, give cigar fanciers best smoke, says Phil Rutman, left, who runs one of the country's largest outlets for fine cigars
Best flavor: Cuban cigars, hand-rolled from whole leaves, give cigar fanciers best smoke, says Phil Rutman, left, who runs one of the country's largest outlets for fine cigars
3/13/1980
Father and son team of Kai and John Miller, Canada's sole remaining producers of hand-made Cuban cigars, will sell you one at $45
Father and son team of Kai and John Miller, Canada's sole remaining producers of hand-made Cuban cigars, will sell you one at $45
8/30/1987
Clean air issue: In the 1980s, while health authorities were concluding that second-hand smoke was a killer, the labor ministry treated it as a nuisance
Clean air issue: In the 1980s, while health authorities were concluding that second-hand smoke was a killer, the labor ministry treated it as a nuisance
12/14/1966
Kai Miller, 67, has been hand-rolling cigars for 53 years
Kai Miller, 67, has been hand-rolling cigars for 53 years
8/30/1987
For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars, He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes, but his is a dying art
For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars, He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes, but his is a dying art
6/17/1966
Gold leaf: Taxes on a package of cigarettes - already about 93 cents - rise this Thursday, and again in October
Gold leaf: Taxes on a package of cigarettes - already about 93 cents - rise this Thursday, and again in October
8/28/1983
Nearly half a ton of leaf tobacco is weighed by Dave MacNeil (left) and Harry Dykxhoorn before entering the production line at Benson and Hedges plant(...)
Nearly half a ton of leaf tobacco is weighed by Dave MacNeil (left) and Harry Dykxhoorn before entering the production line at Benson and Hedges plant(...)
5/22/1969
Business card for Watson's Smoke Shop. Black sans serif typeface on white card.
Your patronage appreciated at Watson's Smoke Shop
Approximately 1940
Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
5/31/1983