Name/Title
Buchanan & Lyall-Plug Smoking & Fine Cut TobaccoEntry/Object ID
CHSA-08585Scope and Content
Front: In an open courtyard scene, Arabian dancers are entertaining guests, while an Arabic man wearing a turban and a crown is smoking an opium pipe as he is surrounded by female attendants. In the forground a group of four women are sitting on a rug as they watch the dancers and drink from a container with hose attachments. Bordering the tradecard are different size packages in different colors with the stamps BL on them. Written at the top of the tradecard is the following:
Buchanan & Lyall Manufacturers of Choice Domestic & Export
Plug Smoking & Fine Cut Tobacco-New York
Back: Object ID#, Old Accession: GEX and the following: If you want to seel the best Plug Tobaccos manufacturered in the world, buy BUCHANAN & LYALL'S BEST GOODS, sold by Wholesale Grocers and Tobacconists everywhere