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Dr. Grabow pipes are commonly available at Drugstores such as CVS, Walgreens, and Rite-Aid, and forego any expensive and/or fancy packaging; pipes are sold in a plastic blister pack. Pipes can also be purchased directly from the manufacturer, and customers are invited to take a tour of their factory in Sparta, Ashe County, North Carolina, and purchase pipes directly from the factory. The Sparta, North Carolina factory produces over 200,000 - 350,000 pipes annually, making it the largest manufacturer of pipes under one roof, and it employs 62 people as Sparta's single largest employer. | Dr. Grabow pipes are commonly available at Drugstores such as CVS, Walgreens, and Rite-Aid, and forego any expensive and/or fancy packaging; pipes are sold in a plastic blister pack. Pipes can also be purchased directly from the manufacturer, and customers are invited to take a tour of their factory in Sparta, Ashe County, North Carolina, and purchase pipes directly from the factory. The Sparta, North Carolina factory produces over 200,000 - 350,000 pipes annually, making it the largest manufacturer of pipes under one roof, and it employs 62 people as Sparta's single largest employer. | ||
<center><gallery widths=300 heights=400 caption="Adds, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <center><gallery widths=300 heights=400 caption="Adds, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
File:Linkman's Hollycourt 1945.jpg|Circa 1945 | File:Linkman's Hollycourt 1945.jpg|Circa 1945 | ||
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File:Dr Grabow1960s.jpg|Circa 1960s | File:Dr Grabow1960s.jpg|Circa 1960s | ||
File:Dr grabow 1960.jpg|Circa 1960 | File:Dr grabow 1960.jpg|Circa 1960 | ||
File:Linkman.jpg | File:Linkman.jpg | ||
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File:LinkmanDrGrabow10.jpg | File:LinkmanDrGrabow10.jpg | ||
File:LinkmanDrGrabow13.jpg | File:LinkmanDrGrabow13.jpg | ||
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<center><gallery widths=200px caption="Vintage Dr. Grabow/Linkman Boxes, courtesy Nancy, a granddaughter of Linkman's partner August Fisher, and found in his attack"> | |||
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File:GrawboDeluxeBox.JPG | |||
File:GrabowTru-GrainBoxJPG.JPG | |||
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File:GrawbowBoxWarBondsDetail.JPG | |||
File:LinkmanToElsaFisher.JPG|Note the 3 cent Stamp, Issued July 1932 and stayed 3 cents until 1958 | |||
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File:HollycourtBox.JPG | |||
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