About Our Company
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W.W. Stewart originally established John Hay Cigars in 1882 in Newmanstown,
Pennsylvania.
The cigar company, W.W. Stewart & Sons, moved to
Reading PA in 1898 and continued producing cigars until 1950.
Craig
Stewart, great-grandson of W.W. Stewart, re-introduced the John Hay
Cigar in the early 1990’s. In September 2004, Craig retired and sold the
company to his father-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
This photo shows the old factory building 616
North 8th Street in Reading, PA. |
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100 factories made cigars in Reading, PA This photo shows the office inside the old
factory. |
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This photo shows the John Hay Cigar float in a Reading, PA
parade in 1923. |
| John Hay Cigars were popular and highly regarded until the
middle part of the century, when smoking cigarettes became more
fashionable. |
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The original John Hay Cigar. We are lucky to still have some
of the old boxes as part of our collection. If you come across any antique
boxes or other memorabilia, please let us know. |
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More Memorabilia
Label from old cigar box
Cigar Cutting Board, blade and cigar mold
Old John Hay Cigar ads
Display case with antique cigar boxes
Cigar mold press with old mold
Antique Spittoon
Log Book from the 1940s.
Billboard from the 1920s or 30s in Reading, PA area
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What's Been Happening Lately
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John Hay Cigars
Main Sponsor for Gerhart Racing
August 19, 2007
September 3, 2007
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Mom Mom Patrick smoking a cigar. |
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Tim Oliver, our
distributor in Australia,
gifted John Hay of New Zealand a box of our cigars. Pictured here is John
Hay (on right) enjoying a few of our rum cigars with Sir Anthony
McMillan.
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A friend of ours painted this sign for
us as a surprise. She did a fantastic job.
Thanks Debbie. We love it. |
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Octoraro Hotel
Having fun at cigar night at the Octoraro Hotel
in
Oxford, PA on February 13, 2008.
Sorry the pictures aren't very good. I wasn't there
to be the photographer.
John Hay Day 2007
The 2007 John Hay Day was held at the Stottsville
Inn in Pomeroy, PA. The weather was beautiful and the location was
awesome. Thank you goes to the staff of Stottsville Inn for making our
day a success. And special thanks goes to all of our guests. We had a
great time.
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John Hay Day 2006
John Hay Day 2006 was a very wet one. The remnants
of a hurricane came through our area and dumped a lot of rain and leaves
and branches--not to mention the winds. All in all it was a nice event
but a lot of people didn't make it because of the weather. We hope that
Mother Nature will cooperate a little better next year.
 
John Hay Day 2005
Thanks to Rich for making up this wonderful
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Jason & Ron amongst the smoke
Chrissy smoking her first cigar....
a John
Hay Vanilla |
Our friends enjoying the day on the deck
Rich, Ron & Stefan... still smoking (and drinking) |
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Black Horse Herf
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Lauren poses with Lars Tetens at the Black Horse
Restaurant Herf
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Ron, Willie, Lars and David
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Check out the factory where our cigars are rolled.
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Sippin' By The River, 2006. |
The annual
Sippin' By The River festival, held every September in Philadelphia, PA, is always a great
day filled with world-famous wines and beers, food sampling, cooking
demonstrations, gourmet cuisine from area restaurants, live
entertainment..... and of course JOHN HAY CIGARS.
This is an
event you won't want to miss.
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our other pictures from Sippin 2005, 2006 & 2007. |
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Some of the antique John Hay memorabilia.
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We feel that sponsoring local events is
important.
We donate yearly to the Crohn's & Colitis
Foundation at Sippin. We also sponsor the Chester County Police Chiefs
Golf Tournament, as well as many other local events. We sponsor
Bobby Gerhart in the ARCA series and Stock Car Racing Experience at
Pocono Raceway. |
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David & Lauren Patrick
Toll free 1-888-JOHNHAY
(564-6429)
or (610) 796-7551 |
