No thanks, we are looking for a bit...shall we say "more classy" tobacco

[Leon]

Interesting denial. Pinkerton, of T5 fame, must have used some fine tobaccos (assuming they were looking for better and not worse). The stuff related to our cards is always fun to collect and see..

http://luckeycards.com/poletterpinkertontobacco1.jpg

[HotSpringsBaseball]

Very interesting letter, Leon. Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy seeing the early tobacco memorabilia.

[bcookie]

I never knew Yoda worked for Pinkerton

[Stonepony]

I never knew Yoda worked for Pinkerton

Nice catch;)

[curtis-cards]

I never knew Yoda worked for Pinkerton

Played well, you did.

Interesting letter. Thanks for sharing.

[GoldenAge50s]

Since when was Ohio a mecca for growing fine tobacco?:)

[bn2cardz]

Nice to see within a week of its 100 yr anniversary of being written.

[iwantitiwinit]

Since when was Ohio a mecca for growing fine tobacco?:)

In the early 1800's there was some tobacco growing in the lower Ohio Valley in Kentucky and Tennessee but I think those efforts were abandoned well before the 1900's.

[Leon]

And a recent pick up from Sterling Auctions....Love the nuances in a lot of these old ephemera items. On this one, I didn't notice until I had it in hand but the Mayo's stamp ad is only stamped onto the small picture. I don't know why but I thought it would be part of the litho, but not a lone stamp done after the manufacture of the card.
It's approx. 3 1/2' by 4"

[rgpete]

Not the Pinkerton T-5, but the blank back version