September 2017

SWEET BURLEY HELPED CREATE A MONOPOLY FOR THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

Featured here are two large 48 count 5 cent packet containers for the well-known Sweet Burley Brand of smoking tobacco from the Spaulding and Merrick Tobacco Company, based in Chicago, Illinois.  The Sweet Burley brand was sold in both Light and Dark versions, as denoted on each of the two colored cans.   The Light brand…

BROTHERHOOD TOBACCO’S AD CAMPAIGN HELPED BRIDGE CLASS WARFARE!

BROTHERHOOD TOBACCO’S AD CAMPAIGN HELPED BRIDGE CLASS WARFARE! One of my favorite advertising pieces from the early 1900s comes from The Brotherhood Tobacco brand. What I like about this advertisement is the brand clearly tried to demonstrate a point that no matter what your class or background was, their tobacco brand would be “The Tie…