T206 - Factory No. 6 and Factory No. 32
 

Acquired this postcard, postmarked 1910, of the American Tobacco Company Factory No. 32 in Middletown, OH. Polar Bear back T206's state "Factory No. 6 - 1st Dist O" and several sources online put Factory No. 6 in Middletown.

Something is amiss.

Found these helpful links that aid in painting the picture but I'm still not certain as to where Factory No. 6 was located:

http://www.midpointedigitalarchives....Crout/id/3810/
http://www.midpointedigitalarchives..../Crout/id/287/
http://www.midpointedigitalarchives....ut/id/84/rec/2

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1886/...41e2d984_z.jpg

http://t206resource.com/images/Packs/PacksPB.jpg

http://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryServic...-AHB2009q23824

Don't have anything to add but would be interested in knowing as well. I grew up right outside of Middletown and always loved driving past Sorg's mansion and the old paper factory. The man was quite the industrialist. Another fun fact about Middletown is that it was home to Charley Root (the man who gave up the homer to Babe in the famous called shot).

Buildings look the same in the pc and the second link you shared. Very possible that it shared two Factory numbers for printing.

Some interesting info here but nothing definitive on why the two factory numbers. Click to enlarge and zoom:

<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mNkyAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA170&ots=60Yyd3lz_G&dq= luhrman%20%26%20wilbern%20factory%20polar%20bear&p g=PA170&ci=39%2C84%2C448%2C516&source=bookclip"><i mg src="https://books.google.com/books/content?id=mNkyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA170&img=1&zoom=3&hl=e n&sig=ACfU3U0UhOB-ooEbgydX_wzaK4HV67I0wQ&ci=39%2C84%2C448%2C516&edge =0"/></a>

From what I understand, all printing was done in NYC by American Litho then shipped out to the respective factories for packaging.