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Title Etched in stone [videorecording] : the golden age of Cuban tobacco art / Cinemambi.

Imprint [S.l.] : Cinemambi, c1996.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Hagman  741.692 Et18    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Note Based on the book: Cuban cigar labels : the tobacco industry in Cuba and Florida : its golden age in lithography and architecture / by Narciso Menocal.
"The Cuban National Heritage Corporation commends this documentary for its historical and artistic value"--Videocassette container.
"Wolfson Film Award 1997 winner"--Videocassette container's shrink wrap covering.
Credits Music by John Austin and Richard Achor.
Performer Narrated by Sara Achor.
Summary In the mid 19th century, the labels, wrappers and bands used to market Cuban tobacco evolved into an art and are now a collectible. Discusses the skill and imagination that created the gold-embossed and gilded cigar box labels.
System Details VHS format.
Subject Tobacco industry -- Cuba -- History.
Tobacco industry -- Florida -- History.
Tobacco industry -- History.
Tobacco -- History.
Cigar bands and labels.
Cigars -- History.
Chromolithography -- Cuba.
Color printing -- History.
Documentary films.
Added Author Menocal, Narciso.
Cinemambi (Firm)
Added Title Cuban cigar labels : the tobacco industry in Cuba and Florida : its golden age in lithography and architecture

 
    
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