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BUSINESS SYMBOLS. In the early years of the westward movement, many of the settlers could read very little. Business owners, therefore, developed symbols that could instantly be recognized by people passing along.

Because of their long association with tobacco, images of Native Americans were used by merchants of tobacco products.