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[[Image:OwlShop.jpg|thumb|left|125px]][[File:OwlShopClassPipes.jpg|thumb|500px|A grouping of three unsmoked Owl Shop Class Pipes:Owl Club, Jeffersonian, and Yorktown | [[Image:OwlShop.jpg|thumb|left|125px]][[File:OwlShopClassPipes.jpg|thumb|500px|A grouping of three unsmoked Owl Shop Class Pipes:Owl Club, Jeffersonian, and Yorktown. See '''[[College Class Pipes]]''' for more photos and information. Courtesy Brian Robertson]]'''Owl Shop''' in New Haven, Connecticut was originally opened on Wall Street in 1934 by '''Joseph St.John''' who came to America from Greece in 1925. Beginning originally as a bookstore, he was also selling tobacco and mixing his own blends. In 1937, a second store on College Street was opened by Joseph and his wife Catherine. | ||
In 1946 St.John and his brother-in-law '''George Photakis''', also of Greek descent, established The Owl Shop on 416 Main St in Worcester, Mass. Photakis' early fame based on widely appreciated house brands of pipe tobaccos such as Harkness Tower, Bay State House or WB #3. | In 1946 St.John and his brother-in-law '''George Photakis''', also of Greek descent, established The Owl Shop on 416 Main St in Worcester, Mass. Photakis' early fame based on widely appreciated house brands of pipe tobaccos such as Harkness Tower, Bay State House or WB #3. | ||