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2 collections related to Tobacco industry

Poche Perique Tobacco (Convent, La.)
L.A. Poche Perique Tobacco Photographs, 1971
Size: 1.5 linear feet (1 flat box) Collection ID: MC 00394
The L.A. Poche Perique Tobacco company was founded in 1917 in St. James Parish, Louisiana, right on the Mississippi River. Mark Ryan of North Carolina bought the company in 2005. This company was internationally known as the exclusive source for Perique around 1980. This collection contains nine color photographs and nine black and ... More
Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse Record Book, 1819-1834
Size: 1 item (12 pages8" x 12.5") Collection ID: MSS 00370
Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse Record Book, 1819-1834, consists of a book recording the tobacco produced by various farmers and given to the Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse for sale. The Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse, known through 1820 as the Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse, seems to have been a tobacco warehouse located in the Washington, D.C., area.