For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars, He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes, but his is a dying art

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For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars, He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes, but his is a dying art

Date6/17/1966

Names

Goode, Jeff (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: For 60 years Frank Correnti has been hand-rolling cuba's finest tobacco into cigars; He can turn out a stogie every 2 1/2 minutes; but his is a dying art.

Subject

Tobacco

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017984F

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