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The mid-to-late 19th century through the First World War was the golden age of cigar smoking, says Wolfsonian curator Lea Nickless, noting that in the United States in the early 1900s, 9 out of 10 men smoked a cigar at least once a week. The cutters, which are used to snip the cap off the end of a cigar to make it smokable, came in a huge variety of figurative shapes and styles, offering a surprisingly clear glimpse into the culture of their time