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'''Alfred Dunhill Shop's Humidor Room.'''<br> | '''Alfred Dunhill Shop's Humidor Room.'''<br> | ||
Interior view of the Humidor Room at the Alfred Dunhill shop in the International Building at Rockefeller Center, New York, New York, mid to late 1941. The walls are lined with cases and boxes of cigars. (Photo by Bernard Hoffman/The LIFE Picture Collection). | Interior view of the Humidor Room at the Alfred Dunhill shop in the International Building at Rockefeller Center, New York, New York, mid to late 1941. The walls are lined with cases and boxes of cigars. (Photo by Bernard Hoffman/The LIFE Picture Collection). | ||
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'''Dunhill’s shop, 136 S. Rodeo Dr, in Beverly Hills in the early 1950s.'''<br><br>Rodeo Drive is a two-mile-long (3.2 km) street, in Beverly Hills, California, with its southern segment in the City of Los Angeles. Its southern terminus is at Beverwil Drive, and its northern terminus is at its intersection with Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills which is known for its luxury goods stores. The operating time and closing date is presently unknown. | '''Dunhill’s shop, 136 S. Rodeo Dr, in Beverly Hills in the early 1950s.'''<br><br>Rodeo Drive is a two-mile-long (3.2 km) street, in Beverly Hills, California, with its southern segment in the City of Los Angeles. Its southern terminus is at Beverwil Drive, and its northern terminus is at its intersection with Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills which is known for its luxury goods stores. The operating time and closing date is presently unknown. | ||
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<center>'''A Man Looking for a Dunhill Pipe.'''</center> | <center>'''A Man Looking for a Dunhill Pipe.'''</center> | ||
The Manhattan Briar Pipe Co. was organized in October, 1902 by the American Tobacco Company, under an agreement with the owners of the Brunswick Briar Pipe Company, as a New York corporation. Its initial address was 111 5th Avenue, New York City, and the value of its stock in 1902 was $350,000.00. American Tobacco Company had itself been founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco companies, and was one of the original twelve members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896. It was commonly called the "Tobacco Trust". In 1922 Manhattan Briar was purchased by S.M. Frank and merged into that company<ref name=usgov>U.S. Government Printing Office, February 25, 1909. Report of Tobacco Industry (pp. 89, 269).</ref>. | The [[Manhattan Briar Pipe Co.]] was organized in October, 1902 by the [[American Tobacco Company]], under an agreement with the owners of the [[Brunswick Briar Pipe Company]], as a New York corporation. Its initial address was 111 5th Avenue, New York City, and the value of its stock in 1902 was $350,000.00. American Tobacco Company had itself been founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco companies, and was one of the original twelve members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896. It was commonly called the "Tobacco Trust". In 1922 Manhattan Briar was purchased by [[S.M. Frank]] and merged into that company<ref name=usgov>U.S. Government Printing Office, February 25, 1909. Report of Tobacco Industry (pp. 89, 269).</ref>. | ||
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