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Posted By: Jon Canfield

Terry - Drum cigarette cards most likely came in slide and shell 10-count cigarette packs. They most certainly did not come in soft tobacco pouches. Below is the only known Drum cigarette box I have ever encountered. As you will note, this Drum box was manufactured by Drummond (which also produced Cannon cigarettes, etc). Drummond was sold to the American Tobacco Company in 1898 and all cigarette production was shifted from St. Louis (where Drummond was located) to Virginia. The box pictured below was manufactured prior to 1898 and hence, would not have held a T205 or T206. However, the graphics would probably have been identical.



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