Red Lion Pennsylvania Cigar Factory 1897 & 1900 Hildebrand Tobacco Ledgers

Description: 1897 & 1900 Red Lion Pennsylvania Cigar Factory Hildebrand Family Ledgers - - - DESCRIPTION & CONDITION:Two ledgers, one for 1897 and one for 1900, by members of the Hildebrand family, detailing work and payments for the complicated process of manufacturing cigars. Red Lion, Pennsylvania was one of the most important cigar-making centers in the United States from the period after the Civil War until the Great Depression. Much of the work was sub-contracted out to individual families who supplied tobacco leaf and rolled the cigars for one or more of the 100+ companies which operated there. The Pennsylvania Heritage website explains- “Leaf for these home-rollers was raised on their own farms, or purchased from local farmers. Most was bought from Red Lion’s tobacco merchants, who supplied both domestic and imported leaf. As the demand for cigars rose after the Civil War, cigar making slowly became more organized. By the 1880s, the home factories could not keep up with the market, and the Dutch entrepreneurial spirit flowered. A well-organized system of subcontracting emerged in which a central office supplied tobacco, fanned out the labor to the hundreds of homes, then collected, boxed and marketed the finished product. Sometimes all the labor was farmed out. Mervin Kaltreider, whose father was an early cigar manufacturer, recalls this operation. “These little factories in the houses would make the cigars for other manufacturers. Then we’d come and take the cigars and pack them” for shipment to the markets.” Two business ledgers- 8”x12.5”, 85 pages used, and 7.5”x12”, 200 pages, most of them used). Covers worn and soiled, the smaller ledger is quite worn, with several sets of pages detached but present, and pages folded, soiled, and worn. With- several Red Lion cigar billheads. SHIPPING NOTES: Shipping charges for books are based on the weight, when packed, of each package -we offer “combined shipping charges” for orders for more than one book. If you buy more than one item please ask us to send a revised invoice before you pay. Stock #54034 - - - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS, PLEASE NOTE: SHIPPING: To comply with Ebay’s policies, all packages are shipped using recorded/trackable methods and you should check the postage quotes before completing a purchase. Our International shipping charges are based on the weight, when packed, of each package -we offer “combined shipping charges” for orders for more than one item –this often means the shipping cost for the items is less than it would have been if they had been purchased and shipped one at a time, so please ask us for a shipping quote if you are thinking about buying more than one item. Thanks! CUSTOMS CHARGES: Your post office may impose a customs charge on your incoming package, we have no control over this and no information about it, please check with your post office for more information. It is against U.S. law and Ebay rules for us to lie on the customs form about the value of packages, please do not ask us to do this. - Joslin Hall Books & Ephemera Selling books & ephemera since 1983 - Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Ephemera Society . Your satisfaction is guaranteed with every item you purchase.

Price: 325 USD

Location: Northampton, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-08-26T22:47:20.000Z

Shipping Cost: 7.63 USD