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Gompers and Hammerstein: The Cigar Makers Who Transformed Theatre

June 1, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp 5 Comments

Interior of a NYC cigar factory before the strike of 1877In 1693, Leicestershire-born immigrant William Bradford was appointed public printer for New York. Living in Pearl Street, Manhattan, he published from his offices in Hanover Square the first book with a New York imprint, entitled New-England’s Spirit of Persecution Transmitted to Pennsylvania by Quaker author George Keith.

Between 1725 and 1744, Bradford produced the New-York Gazette, the city’s first newspaper. Lower Manhattan continued to be the center of New York’s printing industry for many years, but by the 1860s the street took on a northern European accent and became known for a different type of leaf – tobacco. [Read more…] about Gompers and Hammerstein: The Cigar Makers Who Transformed Theatre

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: art, Labor History, Manhattan, New York City, Newspapers, Oscar Hammerstein, Performing Arts, Publishing, Samuel Gompers, Theatre

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