Cigar Store Indian
San Diego, CA - Old Town San Diego State Historic Park - The Story of Cigar Store Indians. The use of the carved Indian as a symbol in front of a tobacco shop began in England the early 1600s as the ships from America began to bring back tobacco. The symbolism of the statues was because the source of the tobacco supply at that time was from Native Americans. Link to Photo Without Frame Thank You for Making this Daily Photo the # 1 Pick on 11-27--2017.
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Bruno Suignard
on November 28, 2017beautiful sculpture!!
Howard's Photography
on November 28, 2017Interesting find and info, excellent capture!
Lgood
on November 28, 2017That's a great old cigar store icon. Love all the worn paint.
Arnold Dubin
on November 28, 2017Spectacular capture!
Ulster Images
on November 27, 2017Interesting relic!
Judith Sparhawk
on November 27, 2017I don't remember seeing this carved statue in Old Town--though it's pretty spread out now, and I guess I've missed some spots. Interesting history of this relics--didn't realize there were some still around.
KDP450
on November 27, 2017Nice find.
fotoeffects
on November 27, 2017Terrific shot and pp!
Terry Allen
on November 27, 2017Good capture and history of these once popular and now no longer polically correct statues :-)
Gene Hyder
on November 27, 2017Nice.