In 1908, during the heyday of the tobacco industry in Connecticut, an amazing “cigar slot machine” — that is, a vending machine — might be counted as a new New Haven entrepreneurial first. Welcome to This Day in Cigar Dispensing History as your host Allan Appel and fellow time traveler Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum take you back.
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