Leiman Bros.

Pump to Remove Mucus | 1953

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Leiman Bros. War Department Contract | 1940

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Henry Leiman: Tampa's "Cigar Box Magnate"

Henry Leiman

Birth: 31 May 1857 in Manhattan, New York, New York

Death: 5 Dec 1931 in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida

Henry Leiman was the eldest of the Leiman brothers, born to Daniel Leimann and Sophia Müller, immigrants from Röddenau in Hesse, Germany. Unlike his younger brothers, Henry was not involved in the Leiman Bros. Company and instead left New York City for Tampa, Florida. There he entered the cigar box manufacturing industry, which flourished alongside Tampa’s enormous cigar trade during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Over time, Henry Leiman rose to become head of the Tampa Box Company, which developed into the largest cigar box manufacturing company in the world, supplying boxes to the vast cigar industry centered in Tampa.