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These tobacco tins were placed against this wall in 1921 by my Great Grandpa who would have been 9 or 10 years old at the time. All of this tobacco was smoked by the builder of the barn... as he left the tins on the ground my great grandpa collected them and put them on the wall. They were taken down in 2005 and put on the auction. The back sides still had fairly good paint. I see Prince Albert, Sir Walter Raleigh and Union. Kind of neat that they were up there for nearly 85 years.

(It's not the best picture, I took it about 15 years ago. I think it's at an angle because it was the only way I could get it to focus at the time... you might have to squint to see them all )



They were in the little faded red pump house next to the telephone pole straight out from the white house. The barn is on the far right (built 1921). It was always my dream to move out there, but land is valuable around here and my grandpa's siblings didn't want to split up the building site/woods from the farmland. The house is now gone with a much bigger one in its place.

Neat picture Nick, i have a few of them also, i remember people rolling they`er cigs from a cloth pouch too think it was Top brand.

I think we found something like 110 tins throughout the house that all went on the auction too.

Well... a few different examples pop up on the google 

https://www.google.com/search?q=teddy+roosevelt+tobacco+tin&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9odz92NvmAhWBJ80KHfYmDNIQ_AUoAnoECAsQBA&biw=1280&bih=663#imgrc=_

How did I guess 

There must have been hundreds of these throughout the barn and sheds, all full of rusty nails and small parts. I remember Great-grandpa smoking his pipe when we were kids. Great-grandma would only let him smoke in the den that was an addition on the house. She never said anything but she'd always turn fans on/open windows and wave her arms around the second it was lit, like the whole house was on fire 

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