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Keystone Antique Tractor Museum in Petersburg, VA, which we visited a few weeks ago, had more than just tractors. They also had a collection of tobacco signs and related paraphernalia, old soda bottles, and tools.
I don't smoke or condone smoking, but the old signs are interesting.
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| These are old cigarette cartons. |
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| These are old snuff/chewing tobacco cans. |
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| Soda bottle holders. |
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| Old cans of food items. |
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| Old soda bottles. |
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Old tools.
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My mother's first job was at 17. She lied about her age and went to work at the king Edward Cigar Co. rolling cigars and cigarellas by hand. I love looking at little museums like this. You find the coolest stuff. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fabulous T13. Thanks for the memories and my favorites are always the old tools. I didn't recognize any of the soda bottles. We got different ones on the West Coast as kids.
ReplyDeleteI knew this Old Guy once who said that when he was young he smoked Virginias. He called them "Jinnies."
ReplyDeleteI quit smoking this past February, still suffer the occasional urge to light up. This triggered one. Fear not, though; I'm done.
I still like the tomato labels better, though those tools certainly caught my eye.
ReplyDeleteNow it's almost all pharmaceutical drug ads on TV taking the place of cigarettes and beer. I vaguely remember when everything was cans or glass and no plastic. Still, it all looks so nostalgic and harmless now.
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