August Coleman named “Battleship Kate,” a major work of folk art, for a sex worker and swindler ... Versions of it came to adorn everything from chewing tobacco tins to storefront window ...
Tobacco tins were very common among miners. Unable to smoke down the mines, due to obvious fire risks, the miners would instead chew 'twist' tobacco. 'Twist' is made from dark- fired leaf ...
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