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Harry Jacob’s shop

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Harry Jacob’s shop

Harry Jacob ran a tobacconist and hairdressing shop in Queen Street, Masterton, in the 1950s. His shop was a booking office for New Zealand Railways and he also took photographic films for developing. His advertisement that ‘pipe smoking means cheaper smoking’ was based on the high duty on roll-your-own cigarette papers.

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Carl Walrond, Shops – General stores, bookshops, tobacconists and jewellers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21230/harry-jacobs-shop (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 6 April 2010, updated 19 February 2026.