1. Snuff box is a powered tobacco product made to sniff.

2.A tinder box contains TINDER or highly flammable material used to start fires   " Thus the word used to describe a country is a "tender box" or highly explosive.
3. Tobacco is for storing smoking tobacco.

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Jenny Harada wrote:

> Good Morning everyone,
>
> Thank you for all of the responses to my previous inquiries.  They’ve been
> such a tremendous help that I am going to bombard the list with three more
> questions.   Currently, I am searching for some props to use in our
> upcoming exhibit on Oregon’s history.
>
> First, in regards to items traded by the Hudson’s Bay Company during 1820-
> 1840, what is the difference between a snuff box, tinder box, and tobacco
> box?  It seems like different vendors use these terms interchangeably, so
> I wanted to make sure I was labeling these items correctly.
>
> Second, I am searching for information about the supplies provided by the
> Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1850’s.  Were the clothing and camp gear
> similar to the goods being traded by the various Fur Trade companies?
> Does anybody have any recommendations of where to purchase historically
> accurate replicas of these items?
>
> Finally, does anybody know a good resource for foreign product labels from
> the early part of the 20th century?   In particular, we are looking for
> German, Scandinavian, Chinese, Italian, and Japanese items imported to the
> Pacific Northwest before the World War II era.
>
> Thanks in advance for all of your recommendations.  Please feel free to e-
> mail me off-list at [log in to unmask]
>
> Jenny Harada
> Collections Assistant
> Oregon Historical Society
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