Bidspirit auction | American Advertising Tobacco Pouches &
American Advertising Tobacco Pouches & Bags - This collection consists of several tobacco packaging items dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, comprising three cloth drawstring pouches and two paper bags, all presented on white display cards. The first item is a cloth pouch for Bagley's Wild Fruit Flake Cut Tobacco featuring a blue applied label with red and yellow text reading Bagley's Wild Fruit Flake Cut Tobacco and Wild Fruit Chew on the side. The second item is a cloth pouch for Oceanic Cut Plug manufactured by the Scotten, Dillon Company of Detroit, Michigan, featuring a graphic of a multi-masted steamship. The third item is a cloth pouch for Harp Plug Cut manufactured by the John Weisert Tob. Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, featuring a green rectangular label with a red circular harp trademark. The fourth item is a paper bag for Tish-I-Mingo Cigar Clippings by Crimson Coach Inc. of Toledo, Ohio, printed in red ink with an illustration of a Native American man and a net weight of 1 1/2 oz. The fifth item is a paper bag for Union Workman Large Size Chewing Tobacco by the Scotten, Dillon Company, featuring a blue circular logo over a red and white pattern with a blue Tobacco Workers International Union stamp at the bottom right and a net weight of 3 oz.