On Thursday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m., J.C. Newman’s historian Holden Rasmussen will give a presentation at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts on the history and evolution of the cigar industry in Tampa. Hear about the evolution of Tampa’s cigar trade and bridge the gap between the historical archives of the past and the active factory floors of today.
Historian Talk with Holden Rasmussen
Thursday, May 21, 2026 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
1630 E. 7th Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605
On view during the talk will be the exhibit Cigars! Photography, Industry, and Identity. This unique collection pairs rare nineteenth and early twentieth-century vintage photographs of tobacco growing, cigar making and cigar smoking from The Burns Collection & Archive in New York with modern photographs of the 25 cigar factories still standing in Tampa by Zack Wittman.
We invite you to join us at this special event.
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