# @cityoftampa on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C9m4wSJssCP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29512333-cityoftampa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/88ae31f3ad.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-07-19T14:41:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** City of Tampa (@cityoftampa) — https://gondola.cc/cityoftampa

## Caption

They don’t call us “Cigar City” for nothing! 🕰️ Founded in 1895 by Julius Caesar Newman, j.c.newmancigarco is now the last operating cigar company in the city and the oldest family-owned premium cigar maker in America. It’s headquartered in an iconic 113-year-old factory known as “El Reloj” in Historic Ybor City. 

In the 1900s, an influx of immigrants fueled Tampa’s growth - bringing languages, cultures, and traditions along with them, and turned our small town into a thriving large city. Tampa was once home to 150 cigar factories and “El Reloj” was considered to be the largest & finest cigar factory in the world when it was built in 1910. 

💰The museum, theater, & store are FREE and open to the public Monday-Friday from 9am-5:30pm. Guided factory tours, cigar rolling classes, & tobacco tasting classes are available for purchase. 

Thanks for joining us & following along through Archives Awareness Week 2024! 

#TampaHistory #YborCity #CigarCity #CigarIndustry

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yborcity, cigarindustry, tampahistory, cigarcity

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