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1412 Main Street

Site of H. Bamberg, Cigar Manufacturer

Henry Bamberg (1857-1919), a German immigrant who lived in Columbia for more than 35 years, operated a cigar manufacturing and wholesale business at this location from 1897 until 1901. Prior to this, Bamberg operated a store at 1325 Main Street. There, he produced a “deservedly popular and widely known line of Havana and domestic cigars,” which he distributed throughout the state as well as New York. Bamberg also served as a mentor to Isidor Cassel (1872-1954), who arrived in Columbia in 1892. Cassel married Bamberg’s sister-in-law in 1896 and later opened his own successful cigar manufacturing business. Bamberg’s only son, Jacob Solomon Bamberg (1889-1953), served in World War I and later worked for his uncle’s business for 28 years. 

  • 1901 city directory advertisement

    Advertisement found in the 1901 Columbia City Directory. Image courtesy South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina

  • 1898 Sanborn map

    Bamberg’s cigar factory can be seen to the rear of his tobacco shop in the 1898 Sanborn Fire Insurance map. Image courtesy South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina

  • Henry Bamberg

    Bamberg was active in Columbia’s Jewish community and served as the first treasurer of the Tree of Life Congregation. Reprinted from The Tree of Life: Fifty Years of Congregational Life at the Tree of Life Synagogue, Columbia, S.C by Helen Kohn Hennig

  • Isidor Cassel

    Isidor Cassel (1872-1954). Reprinted from The Tree of Life: Fifty Years of Congregational Life at the Tree of Life Synagogue, Columbia, S.C by Helen Kohn Hennig

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