This is great fun, thanks for the posts! @motie2, re. Prince Albert, I have come to think of Prince Albert as "the tobacco that conquered the American West. I used to do archaeology in western states like Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, etc., and if you found an old pile of cans (usually the remnants of sheep and/or cattle herding camps) you would be pretty much guaranteed to find a Prince Albert tin. Also they were hugely popular for staking mining claims. The miner would go into town and file their claim, which gave them a paper record that was supposed to be placed within the area of the claim itself. What many did was make a cairn out of rocks, fold up the claim, stick it in an empty Prince Albert tin, and secrete the tin in the cairn. I've found several of these claims and it was always cool to see the Prince Albert tin hiding in there, pull it out, and find a claim from 1895 or whatever, hand-written in that cursive style that was popular in the late 19th and early 20 century. I bought a box of Prince Albert to try out. Alas, I don't like it as much as western settlers and miners seem to have (or, there were few other options back then out in the remote parts of the west).
@motie2-- I work 7-blocks from the address on the package of the Walnut box. The building is still there and has since been occupied by a bank and the upper floors are apartments now. I personally have never smoked Walnut but it was once a favorite of my father. I still have some of the old tobacco cans from the 1960s.
@motie2 - Love Dunhill tobacco. Have been trying to stockpile an good supply of both English and Aromatic blends while they are still available. Love that Tobacco jar! have been trying to find one for years but now that Dunhill will soon be a memory, those jars will be worth a lot of money because of the name.
These are all great thank you for sharing. As for the question about anything in todays magazine's, other than Pipe or cigar, no. The sportsman ad is actually from 1947, Sir Walter Raleigh TV commercial is from around 1962- 1964. I spent the first half of my life in retail, marketing, and advertising. when we had all kinds, of fun ad's, and commercial ( how many of you remember hertz commercials) It all ended and the art and creativity went out of it, people were all dictated to by machine, and stupid legislation.so that's when I knew it was time to change carrier's, but I do love all the old Ad's.
I enjoy re-visiting this discussion as there are always new ads to enjoy. It makes me nostalgic for the old days when you might find one of these ads in a magazine. Now all you're likely to find are ads for Viagra or Cholesterol lowering medicine.
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