JWB and his pipe!

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I have seen references to Booth smoking a pipe, and we know that one was found on his body. However, I have always pictured him more as a short, skinny cigar smoker -- the cigar, not Booth -- what were called Tiparillos when I was a child.

I also wanted to collect a few Meerschaums in my earlier, wage-earning days, but too many $$$$$. I wonder how expensive they were then? Actually, a good trivia question is, "What is 'meerschaum'?"