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Tobacco Wrapper This wrapper labeled a container of tobacco from the English colonies sold at Reighly’s shop in Essex. The wrapper was much like a brand, promising consumers consistency in quality and taste. The wrapper illustrates tobacco growing in a field and harvested leaves ready to be packed into a barrel, ferried to the ships waiting offshore, and transported to Reighly’s and other tobacconists in England.
The Granger Collection, New York.