Where we got the Vanderburgh name.
Amsterdam, 1956.
Dreams of a new life in South Africa, Indonesia and America had been relentlessly toying with the mind for years now. Life was difficult after World War II, and it was time for a change.
Karel Vanderburgh, his wife and his two young daughters took the first uncertain step towards opportunity to begin their lives in the New World of North America.
You see, adventure had always been in the Vanderburgh blood. But it wasn’t easy. With hardly any money, and without knowing English, he left everything behind. He believed in starting a new life, providing new opportunities for himself, and the generations to follow him.
It's this very passion that enabled Karel Vanderburgh to survive the toils of the new world. Karel was a risk taking man, with a remarkable spirit of adventure.
As Karel was an adventurer at heart, we also are adventurous in our humidor designs, our material selections, treating every new humidor design as a challenge and an artform.
Karel Vanderburgh is my grandfather, and this company is dedicated to him.
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