Wengler family and Wengler & Mandell Cigar Manufacturing Co. photograph collection, [ca.1870-1945]

  • Collection ID 1997.0078.1-83
  • Title Wengler family and Wengler & Mandell Cigar Manufacturing Co. photograph collection [graphic].
  • Dates [ca.1870-1945]
  • Physical description
    • 69 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. and smaller.
    • 7 photographs : cabinet card ; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.
    • 3 photographs : carte de visite ; 2 1/2 x 4 in.
    • 1 photograph : tintype ; 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.
  • Collection summary Photographs relating to the Wengler family and to the Wengler & Mandell Cigar Manufacturing Company of Chicago (Ill.). Includes several mounted photographs showing activities at the Wengler & Mandell factory ca. 1910, including rows of workers rolling and packaging cigars and piles of tobacco leaves. Views also show exterior of factory building and a completed box of cigars. The collection also includes photographs of amateur, or semi-professional, baseball teams for which Ted Wengler played, and many studio portraits and snapshots of Wengler family members such as Ted's wife Bess and his father Bill.
  • Biographical or Historical Note Wengler & Mandell Cigar Manufacturing Co. began ca. 1880 on West Madison Street in Chicago; expanded to Tampa (Fla.) in the 1930s. Its best-known brands were Tom Palmer and Tropics.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Colorado Railroad Museum (1997.0078.1-83).
  • Names
    • Wengler, Bess Portraits.
    • Wengler, Bill Portraits.
    • Wengler, Ted Portraits.
    • Wengler family
    • Wengler & Mandell Cigar Manufacturing Company (Chicago, Ill.) Photographs.
    • Howe & Arthur, photographer.
    • Wengler & Mandell Cigar Manufacturing Company (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Baseball players United States 1930-1939. lctgm
    • Baseball teams United States 20th century.
    • Cigar industry Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Cigar makers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Families Illinois Chicago 1890-1949. lctgm
    • Industrial facilities Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Commerce 20th century.
    • Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Albumen prints. gmgpc
    • Cabinet photographs. gmgpc
    • Cartes de visite. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
    • Group portraits. gmgpc
    • Portrait photographs. gmgpc
    • Snapshots. gmgpc
    • Tintypes. gmgpc