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Stereotypes
Racial Stereotypes in Tobacco Ads – Smoke Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut Tobacco – Savannah, GA
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© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Examples of Racial Stereotypes in Seal of North Carolina Tobacco ads
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Darktown Tourists Going Off On Their Blubber – ‘Nuffin but poor weak cullud pussuns’ – Worthpoint dot com
‘Plug Cut is the boss smoke, and don’t you forget it’ – Chronicling America.loc.gov
Miami University Digital Library
Who was their target audience?
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Antique Country Store dot com
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Antique Country Store dot com
Antique Country Store dot com
Online resources:
- Digital Collections – Miami University – Victorian Trade Cards
- Chronicling America dot LOC dot org – December 22, 1888 – chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064205/1888-12-22/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Plug Cut North cut smoke seal NORTH Carolina
- North Carolina Plug Cut Tobacco – Worthpoint dot com
