Vintage Liggett & Myers Granger Pipe Tobacco Tin. This large round tin in blue and red with yellow lettering advertises the rough cut blend for pipes only and has a picture of the burley leaf on the front and a pipe rack holding pipes on two sides. The back has the Granger Pointer dog logo listing it as "A Pointer on Tobacco".

The lid has a metal knob with the pointer on top and printed around the edge: GRANGER PIPE TOBACCO - A COOLER SMOKE IN A DRIER PIPE

A great collectible tin from American tobacco history. A perfect storage tin, a truly artful display tin.

In very good condition, some flaking and dents, patina in places.

Some brief history excepted from various internet sites:

"...Granger was originally produced by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. A Mr. J.N. Wellman was credited with making a pipe tobacco that was "very popular" utilizing what was referred to as the "Wellman Method". This was around 1870. After he died, it was forgotten about until many years later having been acquired by Liggett & Myers... anywhere from the late 1870s to the late 1890s. It was this "method" that was utilized in developing the tobacco known as Granger ("A pointer on fine tobacco.")... In 1897 the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co was acquired by the American Tobacco Co...[it is not known] whether Granger... originally produced by the original L&M Co or by the American Tobacco Co using the name Liggett & Myers.

...[it is] assume[d] the later since the old newspaper adds...discovered... mention much of the above come from newspapers from the early 1930s and advertise Granger as something new and unique. L&M was no longer in existence at that time, but ATC was. Perhaps they still utilized the L&M name for some sort of brand recognition. This is what leads...to believe L&M first produced a smoking tobacco that ultimately became Granger under ATC...[it is not known] when the Pinkerton Tobacco Co, who now produces Granger, took over the manufacturing."


Dimensions: 4.75" diameter X 6"H
Weight: 6.2 oz.

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