Old Partagas Factory, Havana, Cuba Framed Card Print, 8 x 10 for Sale

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Old Partagas Factory, Havana, Cuba Framed Card Print, 8 x 10 For Sale

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Old Partagas Factory, Havana, Cuba Framed Card Print, 8 x 10:
$22.00

Framed in an attractive solid wood and glass 8 x 10 frame presenting the 5 x 7 card print of theunique original Cuban street art painting depicting the world famousPartagas Cigar Factory, highlighted by the classic Partagas sign hanging outside, and accented with the colors of the Cuban flag on the building facade.Adding even more character and color is the classic 1950s car and a satisfied customer walking away lighting his just purchased Havana cigar.

The Old Partagas Factory sign has always been one of the absolute classicand iconic artifacts of the Havana cigar scene. The sign was removed a few years ago, and has not resurfaced. But we'll always have these classic prints and paintings that captured the scene outside the famous old Partagas building.

Exact finish of the frame can vary based on frame availability. note: This item is printed in the US. It is NOT a Cuban product.Returns happily accepted for a 100% refund if this item is not as described here.

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History & Background

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Here's a terrific short article with some depth and color to the history of this iconic factory. The article even mentions the sign. This is an excerpt from Cigar Aficionado Magazine from November 2011, written just before they moved production across town, closing the famous factory closed and pulling down the old sign depicted in this print.

Partagás Factory
(aka Francisco Pérez Germán)
Calle Industria No. 520, Centro Habana

"The 166-year-old Partagás Factory, arguably Cuba’s best known cigar factory and certainly the one most frequented by tourists, was expected to be closed by now for extensive renovations. As this issue went to press, cigars were still being rolled there, but only special tours were being allowed. If you visit Havana and find it still open, try to wrangle a visit.

Partagás is a grand facility. Stand outside for a moment and take a full look, taking in the four stories with its signature balconies, shuttered windows and the oversized red and white Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagás sign. (Standing outside admittedly requires a bit of patience. You are all but certain to be approached by locals selling cigars, even by the front door. Resist the urge—what they sell is almost assuredly counterfeit.)

Walking inside, past the metal gates, take another moment to look up from the open center to watch as workers move about the floors above. Also take in the grand skylight far overhead. The walls are stone and wood, and the entire place teems with history.

Built in 1845, Partagás certainly shows its age, with crumbling steps, creaky floors and all manner of things needing fixing. One doesn’t question the need for a ‘This Old House’ style makeover.

The rolling gallery has style, with large windows that open in the middle and a grand stage at the front of the room, where a lector sits, carefully reading the news aloud to the cigarmakers as they work. All wear bright red shirts sporting the Partagás logo as they roll cigars, sort tobacco, or weigh blends to be made into smokes. They make the Partagás brand, of course, along with Bolivar, La Gloria Cubana, Ramón Allones and Quai D’Orsay cigars, as the factory is the mother factory for those brands. A group of older workers, former cigar rollers, look over cigars for quality control, spot-checking the work of their younger comrades.

When this factory closes, its production will be moved to the El Rey del Mundo Factory, a gorgeous white building decorated with Ionic columns. That factory was closed in May, in the midst of its own renovation, preparing it for the workers from Partagás. The equally iconic Partagás Factory Casa del Habano store is scheduled to remain open throughout the renovation of the Partagás Factory. This is a wonderful cigar store that should not be missed."

- By D. Savona, Cigar Aficionado Magazine, November 2011 and "Havana - The Insiders Guide"