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Updated the page with a disambiguation. The Whitehall Pipe Company is not the same as "Whitehall" (pipe model), that was made by Civic and Ben Wade. My intent is to clarify that the Whitehalls featured on this page are not Civic or Ben Wade products.
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(Updated the page with a disambiguation. The Whitehall Pipe Company is not the same as "Whitehall" (pipe model), that was made by Civic and Ben Wade. My intent is to clarify that the Whitehalls featured on this page are not Civic or Ben Wade products.) |
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Whitehall pipes | Whitehall pipes are frequently misunderstood to be a model rather than an actual pipe company, which has led collectors to mistakenly ascribe their manufacture to Civic and Ben Wade (Who Made That Pipe; Wilczak & Colwell, 1997). In fact, Whitehall refers to the pipe company (not a model), which itself produced models such as the Hialeah, Jumbos, London Hall, and Thermofilter. The history of the Whitehall Pipe Co., Inc. (Richmond Hill, NY), is a complicated one, involving several parent companies and subsidiaries including Whitehall Products, Inc. (Helmetta, NJ), The Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co. (Wheeling, WV), Helme Products, Inc., apparently all subsidiaries of Culbro Corp. (owner also of General Cigar). The “Imported Briar” stamp on many of the pipes, and the unmistakable Whitehall logo bearing resemblance to the American-made tobaccos of that brand strongly suggest that these are products made for the Whitehall Pipe Co., Inc., an American company. There is furthermore no evidence that Civic or Ben Wade outsourced any manufactory of pipes to Italy; nor did Ben Wade manufacture pipes with aluminum screw tenons, paper filter inserts and molded acrylic stems. For irrefutable proof that the American company Whitehall Pipe Co., Ltd., was, in fact, responsible for these brands, one need only consult the University of Californiam, San Francisco “Truth Tobacco Archives” which clearly links these brands to the company (see image below). Furthermore during the era these pipes were being marketed, the Ben Wade trademark belonged to Charatan who also, very obviously, did not manufacture pipes of the variety that Whitehall (USA) was marketing. | ||
<center><gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Example and detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <center><gallery widths="300" heights="200" caption="Example and detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
File:Whitehall1.jpg | File:Whitehall1.jpg | ||
File:Whitehall6.jpg | File:Whitehall6.jpg | ||
File:Whitehall0.jpg|Popular Whitehall pipe models sold by the Whitehall Pipe Company (New Jersey, USA). | |||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
[[Category:Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category:Great Britain]][[Category:Italy]] | [[Category:Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category:Great Britain]][[Category:Italy]] | ||