• Title
  Item 2: Tobacco used by Henry Lawson, pre 1922
• Call number
  R 63/2
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1922 (dated by year of Lawson's death)
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  431289
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 tobacco carton with tobacco, made of blue-green coloured paper, rectangular shaped. - 10 x 7 cm. - package has been damaged and flattened, contents is visible
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The tobacco was originally stored in an envelope with the following inscription handwritten in black ink, "Henry Lawson's Tobacco / Left to Rod Quinn".
  
  This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 825712
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Printed on front and back of package in white and blue ink, "Wills's / medium [symbol of crown] strength / 'Vice-Regal / Mixture / Manufacturered by W.D. & H.O. Wills / (Australia) Ltd. Sydney" / Made in France"
  
  Printed along one side in blue ink, "Vice Regal / Mixture / A choice blend of high class / & carefully selected Tobaccos"
  
  Printed on opposite side in blue ink, "Vice Regal / Mixture / 1 oz. net weight when packaged"
  Handwritten in black at the top of the package, "....sk Larsen / from Gertrude Lawson [or Larsen]"
• Name
  Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922
  
• Topic
  smoking accoutrements
  tobacco
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (June-December 2004)
  Learning Services Program display 2012-2013 - State Library of New South Wales (February 2012 - August 2013)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1074589

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