Tag, Tobacco

Object/Artifact

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East Tennessee Historical Society

Name/Title

Tag, Tobacco

Entry/Object ID

2013.15.1.50

Description

Brown's Mule tobacco tag, lithographed tin in shape of mule, marked "BROWN'S / MULE," c.1890s. [Tag was the only thing to identify tobacco. Would be inserted into plug; user would typically take off and discard.] Pinned to lid

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Unknown

Date made

1890 - 1899