LA PAMPANGUENA. CALIXTO SURLA y COMPANIA. Angeles, Pampanga
Cigar and cigarette manufacturing in our islands
officially began in 1782, under the tobacco monopoly introduced by Gov. Jose
Basco y Vargas. Under the system, the government had complete control
of tobacco cultivation and only only select
provinces like Bulacan, Nueva Ecija and Pampanga and Ilocos provinces were authorized to grow the plant. Turn-of-the-century cigarrillos were often packaged
in batches of 24s-30s, in wrappers with detailed graphics such as these
examples from Pampanga. Local backyard entrepreneurs bought processed cigar
leaves from growers in the North and engaged workers to roll and wrap cigarettes in attractive packages
in color, carrying assorted visual themes, often irrelevant to the product,
ranging from the patriotic to the mythical and romantic.
LA ASAMBLEA FILIPINA. (The Philippine Assembly), Betis, Pampanga
LA FUERZA (The Force), Sto. Nino, Guagua, Pampanga
DOS AMIGOS, FABRICA DE CIGARILLOS FELICIANO DAVID. Betis, Pampanga
LA REINA FILIPINA, (Philippine Queen, Purita Villanueva), Betis, Pampanga
BANDA NANG ANGELES/BETIS. The band from Angeles won first place in the
1909 Manila Carnival Band Contest. Angeles, Pampanga
DING MUNAG NING ASLAGAN. JOAQUINA, INES, Y ROSARIO BASA.
Angeles, Pampanga
PLAZA DE BETIS. FABRICA DE TABACOS Y CIGARILLOS, P. CAREON
EL COSECHERO DE SINUCUAN. (The Harvester of Sinukuan)
PASCUALA FLORES. Arayat, Pampanga
LA NEGRITA, EUSEBIA BASCO, Angeles, Pampanga
ATES, FABRICA DE TABACOS, NEMECIO LEONARDO. Betis, Pampanga
LAS DOS HERMANAS. Bacolor, Pampanga
VIVA SAN MIGUEL. Sto. Cristo, Guagua, Pampanga
SOCIEDAD BETISENA, SIMON ROQUE. Betis, Pampanga
SINUKUAN. Plaza Sto. Tomas, Pampanga
KALAYAAN. Plaza Sto. Tomas, Pampanga
PUSA. FABRICA DE CIGARILLOS DE MARIA MARIANO. Betis, Pampanga
SOURCES:
ALL CIGARETTE WRAPPERS, Alex R. Castro Collection
"patriotism in a Puff", www.viewsfromthepampang.blogspot.com
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