Monday, February 1, 2010

Tobacco Art: Jenny Lind fine-cut Cavendish



Jenny Lind was a famous 19th century singer. She was called the "Swedish Nightingale," and toured the U.S. in 1850, the approximate date of this tobacco label.
Cavendish is a type of sweet tobacco named for Sir Thomas Cavendish, an early English explorer who discovered that tobacco with sugar on it is sweeter than without. (Well, somebody had to discover it - we can't all be Einsteins!)


Image: Library of Congress

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