Tobacco Shipping Crate

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Description (Brief):

This is the end panel of a shipping crate for Drummond’s Horseshoe Tobacco. Founded in St. Louis around 1880, Drummond’s Tobacco Company was one of the largest chewing tobacco producers in the country. Their horseshoe logo was always depicted as open side-up on their packaging since that was supposed to bring good luck. Drummond’s began making Chesterfield cigarettes in 1873, which is the oldest continuously manufactured cigarette in the United States.

Referenced Business: Drummond Tobacco Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis

See more items in: Work and Industry: Agriculture, Food, Crate Labels, Agriculture

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Credit Line: L.E. Leininger

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0441.269Catalog Number: 1979.0441.269Accession Number: 1979.0441

Object Name: crate label

Physical Description: ink (crate label material)wood (substrate material)Measurements: crate label: 3 3/4 in x 13 in; 9.525 cm x 33.02 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0362-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1361908

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