Jenny,
You may also want to check this site: See:
http://www.tdcmfg.com/page3.html It has pictures of some brass tinder,
tobacco and snuff cases. Yes, tinder boxes are for keeping your tinders
(char cloth, etc) for starting fires. Snuff boxes were also cloisonne or as
show in brass. They were smaller to hold fine powered snuff usually
consumed by gentleman.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenny Harada" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: exhibit props
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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