Drummond Tobacco Company
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![]() Drummond Tobacco Company Building in St. Louis, Missouri | |
Founded | 1873 |
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Defunct | 1898 |
Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri , |
The Drummond Tobacco Company was an American tobacco company in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
History[]
The company was founded in 1873, when it started making Chesterfield cigarettes.[1] Its headquarters in St. Louis was designed by architect Isaac S. Taylor in 1885. The company later also produced Horseshoe brand chewing tobacco. It was acquired by the American Tobacco Company in 1898.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Tobacco Shipping Crate, National Museum of American History
- ^ TOBACCO COMPANIES UNITED.; The Trust Buys Out the Drummond Company of St. Louis for Ten Million Dollars., The New York Times, September 24, 1898
Categories:
- Tobacco companies of the United States
- Companies based in St. Louis
- American companies established in 1873
- American companies disestablished in 1898
- Defunct companies based in Missouri
- 1898 disestablishments in Missouri
- 1873 establishments in Missouri
- Missouri stubs