I hope you have access to a real library, I do not!  Here is a starting list
of good references on tobacco tins:




       *Tobacco Tin References*



Bergevin, Al

  1986  *Tobacco Tins and Their Prices*. Lombard, Illinois,

          Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 580 Waters Edge, 60148



Carlson, Norman

  2002  *Tobacco Containers from Canada, United States and the World*.
Privately published, Canada



Clemens, Kaye

  1973  *Tobacco and Food Tins*. A Price Guide. Volume I. Kansas

            City, MO: Lamplighters Antiques, 306 West 80th Terrace, 64114



Challenger, James

  1989  *Tobacco Tins Encyclopedia*. Schiffer Publishing, ltd. ISBN:
0887401791.



Congdon-Martin, Dennis

  1992  *Tobacco Tins. A Collector's Guide*. Schiffer Publishing Ltd.,
Atglen, PA



Davis, Marvin, and Helen Davis

  1975  *Collector's Price Guide to Bottles, Tobacco Tins, and Relics*.

             New York, N.Y., Galahad Books, Revised edition.



Davis, Marvin, and Helen Davis

  1970  *Tobacco Tins*.  Old Bottle Collecting Publications, P.O. Box 276

            Ashland, Oregon 97520



Kircher, Franklyn

  1984  *Tobacco Pocket Tin Guide: Flats and Uprights*. East Lansing, MI:

            636 Hillcreast Avenue, 48823



Rosnick, Stewart I., and Jules B. Selden

  1987  *Rosnick and Selden's Cross Reference Guide to Tobacco Tins.*

            Volume I. Manchester, MA: 7 Big Rock Road, 01944.



Sewdberg, Robert W., and Harriett Swedberg

  1985  *Tins 'n' Bins*.  Wallace-Homestead Book Company, Greensboro,

            N.C., P.O. Box 5406, 27403





I have some of these but will be busy tomorrow thru Sunday with the South
Central Historical Archaeology Conference and Dr. Skippy up on Petit Jean
Mountain.  I hope to find some of the folks I have helped over the years in
return for promised libations but half of them have died off!



Smoke - the irrepressible!


On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:40 PM, David Harvey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> We found this metal strip at a feature near a sheep trap driveline in
> Wyoming.
> I was wondering if anyone had an idea of what type of can the strip was
> keyed off of. I know it may be from a meat or coffee can, but are there any
> other types of cans that utilized the key and strip?
>
> Also, if anyone is well versed in tobacco tins, I have an unhinged tobacco
> tin
> that closes with two tabs that fit into the tin that was found buried in
> the
> feature that was associated with the cairn the strip was found in and am
> trying to figure out an earliest possible date from the style but not
> having
> much luck. Any ideas?
>
>
> http://s529.photobucket.com/albums/dd335/dch92284/Metal%20Artifacts/
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Dave Harvey
>



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