Velvet Smokie Tobacco · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Velvet Smokie Tobacco
Description: 1925? Velvet Smoking Tobacco. Unknown magazine. $10 from an unknown source, Feb., '24.

"A race ain't all in getting' started first" says the terrapin as he passes the rabbit on the road. The bespectacled terrapin is of course smoking a pipe as he passes the sleeping hare. It has been fun trying to date this advertisement. Clues include the reference to "Velvet Joe" and the markings on the tobacco tin. Velvet is boasting of the slow start their tobacco gets by being aged two years.
Date: 1925?
Source: $10 from an unknown source, Feb., '24.
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