W. Walton's Best Tobacco, High Street, Sunderland

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Title

W. Walton's Best Tobacco, High Street, Sunderland

Collection

Tobacco, its history and associations: including an account of the plant and its manufacture; with its modes of use in all ages and countries

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1745 - 1865 (Approximate)

Library Location

George Arents Collection
Shelf locator: Arents 3248

Subjects

Tobacco
Smoking
Tobacco dealers (Retail trade)
Tobacco package labels

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: above p. 103; Indian and a Scot flanking business name; five lines of verse below image; below p. 103; Indians smoking next to hogshead of tobacco, one is saying (via cartoon balloon) The best tobacco under the sun; see also p. 210; five lines of verse below image

Physical Description

Woodcuts

Identifiers

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e3063340-c600-012f-57e3-58d385a7bc34

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George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "W. Walton's Best Tobacco, High Street, Sunderland" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1745 - 1865. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e3063340-c600-012f-57e3-58d385a7bc34

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George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. (1745 - 1865). W. Walton's Best Tobacco, High Street, Sunderland Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e3063340-c600-012f-57e3-58d385a7bc34

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George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "W. Walton's Best Tobacco, High Street, Sunderland" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e3063340-c600-012f-57e3-58d385a7bc34

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