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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 10 records found where LC Subject Heading is Tobacco industry -- History
	Caesar of tobacco : the great, quiet, confident Mr. Duke Biographical portrait of James Buchanan Duke, with a focus on his leadership role in the American Tobacco Company and the Continental Tobacco Company.
	Panoramic photograph of downtown Durham looking west This panoramic view, taken from the Washington Duke Hotel, captures several landmarks. On the left, at the corner of Blackwell and Pettigrew streets, sits the historic W. T. Blackwell & Company Tobacco Factory, purveyor of Bull Durham tobacco, and part of the American Tobacco Company. The Liggett & Myers plant sits in the center panel near the horizon. The Imperial Tobacco Company and the Durham High School appear in the distance of the right panel. In the foreground on the right, sits the Durham Auditorium (now the Carolina Theatre). Holladay Studios shot the image which appears on p. 10 of the 1926 Durham Chamber of Commerce publication, Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education.
	Letter from Richard Harvey Wright to Thomas D. Wright, May 09, 1887 With anticipation of rising prices of tobacco cutters, Richard Wright advises his brother Thomas Wright to buy out Reed & McGees tobacco stock. In sharing family news, Richard writes that his daughter "Little May is I think improving."
	Blackwell's Durham Telegraph : cork soap promotion Promotional material published by Blackwell's Durham Telegraph, the advertising division of Blackwell's Durham Co-operative Tobacco Company, offering free soap to those businesses which purchased 25-pound cases of Blackwell's Genuine Bull Durham Tobacco.
	Blackwell's Durham Telegraph: farm yard paper dolls Blackwell's Durham Telegraph published this sheet of paper dolls depicting farm-yard animals as a promotion for their tobacco products.
	Panoramic photograph, American Tobacco factory in Durham looking to the East This panoramic view of Durham, North Carolina shows the factory of the American Tobacco Company, the original home of the W. T. Blackwell & Company enterprise, producer of Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. This view was shot from the western edge of the factory complex looking eastward over the Washington Building. The image appeared in Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education, a publication issued by the Durham Chamber of Commerce in 1926.
	Panoramic photograph of the American Tobacco Company and downtown Durham The left panel of the panoramic image features the historic W.T. Blackwell and Company Factory built in 1874, and an extensive manufacturing plant owned by the American Tobacco Company. At the horizon in the center panel are the twin steeples of Duke Memorial Church and the Liggett & Myers plant; railyards and commercial buildings sit in the foreground. The right panel features buildings near the intersection of Main and Corcoran streets including the Durham Loan & Trust Building, the Washington Duke Hotel, the United States post office (built in 1904), Wright Corner, and the Geer Building. Holladay Studio shot the image for the 1926 Durham Chamber of Commerce publication, Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education.
	Blackwell's Durham Telegraph dime novel promotion : envelope Blackwell's Durham Telegraph Promotional material sent by Blackwell's Durham Telegraph, the advertising arm of Blackwell's Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, to a customer in Salt Lake City. The envelope is addressed to a customer in Salt Lake City, Utah. The envelope contained a coupon for promotional gifts to customers who bought tobacco from William Blackwell's Genuine Tobacco Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco.
	Blackwell's Durham Telegraph dime novel promotion : valuable; the coupon inside this envelope is the regular coupon Blackwell's Durham Telegraph, the advertising arm of Blackwell's Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, sent an envelope to promote Blackwells' Genuine Durham Smoking Tobacco.
	Blackwell's Durham Telegraph dime novel promotion : coupon from envelope entitled, valuable Promotional material sent by Blackwell's Durham Telegraph, the advertising arm of Blackwell's Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. Blackwell's Durham Telegraph sent coupons to consumer's who purchased tobacco products. Customers exchanged these coupons for promotional merchandise.

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