About: Waldorf-Astoria Cigar Company

Waldorf-Astoria Cigar Company (also Waldorf-Astoria Segar Company) was the cigar company of the original Waldorf–Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, New York City. Its headquarters were located in the building's basement on the Fifth Avenue. The humidors were situated in a lower basement, as was the company's Cuban cigar stock. Its value was estimated between US$300,000-$400,000. Waldorf-Astoria Cigar Company and its contemporaries, such and , grew out of the local competition caused by the large volume of sales and uniform business methods of the United Cigar Stores. Life Magazine advertised that the first shipment of the LA SAVOIE brand of Havana cigars ever made to the US was made to the Waldorf-Astoria Cigar Company.