I bet there are some historical relics that would identify the exact brands of many famous pipe smokers, old pouches
or tins in their belongings at their historical homes or in museums with their personal effects. Whether what was found
after they were gone was just a residual of something they didn't like and didn't use up, or typical of what they always
smoked would be a question. But I bet a lot of evidence survives. I bet there are old boxes of Churchill's cigars, or
boxes he emptied. Maybe some receipts from tobacco purchases of William Faulkner or even Stalin or MacArthur. I
suspect many of these people smoked what we would regard as pretty ordinary tobacco, for availability. Also, I think
there were many pipe smokers who did not choose to be pictured smoking, but enjoyed the habit.