Tobacco Shipping Crate
- Description (Brief)
- This is a side panel for R.A. Patterson’s seal cut plug tobacco, probably used between 1856 and 1900. R.A. Patterson Tobacco Company was based in Richmond, Virginia and founded in 1856. Patterson is famous for introducing the Lucky Strike brand plug tobacco, and went on to manufacture the popular Lucky Strike brand cigarettes. The Patterson Tobacco Company was purchased by the American Tobacco Company in 1905.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co.
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 9 in x 21 in; 22.86 cm x 53.34 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.364
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.364
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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