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…