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- P.H. Mayo & Bros. Tobacco Pouch, 1878-1890 -
- 1878-1890
- Collections - Artifact
P.H. Mayo & Bros. Tobacco Pouch, 1878-1890
- Days O' Work Chewing Tobacco, 1965-1985 -
- 1965-1985
- Collections - Artifact
Days O' Work Chewing Tobacco, 1965-1985
- Adams & Westlake Company Spittoon, circa 1890 - Adams and Westlake Company manufactured railway equipment and accessories, from switch and signal lights and lanterns to an array of car trimmings--including spittoons. In 1891, the Chicago, Illinois-based company sold spittoons like this in four different metals: brass, bronze, nickel-plated, or silver-plated. A key selling point? The spittoon has a patented removable lid for easy cleaning.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Adams & Westlake Company Spittoon, circa 1890
Adams and Westlake Company manufactured railway equipment and accessories, from switch and signal lights and lanterns to an array of car trimmings--including spittoons. In 1891, the Chicago, Illinois-based company sold spittoons like this in four different metals: brass, bronze, nickel-plated, or silver-plated. A key selling point? The spittoon has a patented removable lid for easy cleaning.
- Adams & Westlake Company Spittoon, circa 1890 - Adams and Westlake Company manufactured railway equipment and accessories, from switch and signal lights and lanterns to an array of car trimmings--including spittoons. In 1891, the Chicago, Illinois-based company sold spittoons like this in four different metals: brass, bronze, nickel-plated, or silver-plated. A key selling point? The spittoon has a patented removable lid for easy cleaning.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Adams & Westlake Company Spittoon, circa 1890
Adams and Westlake Company manufactured railway equipment and accessories, from switch and signal lights and lanterns to an array of car trimmings--including spittoons. In 1891, the Chicago, Illinois-based company sold spittoons like this in four different metals: brass, bronze, nickel-plated, or silver-plated. A key selling point? The spittoon has a patented removable lid for easy cleaning.
- Trade Card for Allen's Jewel Five Cent Plug Tobacco, 1870-1890 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1870-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Allen's Jewel Five Cent Plug Tobacco, 1870-1890
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.