Tobacco industry Archives - Appalachian History

This is not a pipe…

When WWII hit, American pipe makers couldn’t get imported briar wood any longer. Mountain laurel and rhododendron stepped in to fill the gap.

The Bloch brothers’ barn-painting advertising helped to make their “West Virginia coleslaw” one of America’s most recognized 20th century brands.

Raised a big garden and we’d put it up. And he’d grow a cane patch and make molasses. And we had an orchard there.

My cousin had a row with a pig. This pig refused to eat when he came down to feed it. It pawed the ground & ran to the other side of the sty.

Ever heard the expression duke’s mixture? It has nothing to do with royalty, unless you consider the 19th century tobacco titans to be such.

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