Record #:

23656

Author(s):

Clarke, Jess; Rose, Matt [Photographer]

Abstract:

Craig Tarler is the owner and operator of Cornell and Diehl, Inc., a pipe tobacco manufacturing shop in Morganton. It is believed to be the largest pipe tobacco manufacturing shop in North Carolina.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 2 Issue 7, September 2008, p64-69, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tobacco-pipe makers--Burke County; Pipe smoking; Smoking-pipe industry

Record #:

30073

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Cut off from imported materials during the war, Americans are going back to their roots in keep the smoking-pipe industry viable. Rhododendron, laurel, and other bushes and trees with briars can be used to produce pipes. So mountain farmers in North Carolina are taking advantage of the endeavor, and producing briar pipes.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 2 Issue 9, January 1945, p10-11, por

Subject(s):

Pipe smoking

Record #:

14767

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

There has been a big increase in pipe smoking, and now that the United States can't import briar wood from abroad, many thousands of pipes are being made from wood in western North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 28, Dec 1944, p4-5, f

Subject(s):

Pipe smoking; Smoking-pipe industry