[tedzan]

I am reiterating this post in order to drive it thru to anyone who thinks these cards were produced elsewhere than NYC.

Liggett & Myers was based in Durham, NC (Factory #42). That should sound familiar to you, as the 1911 PIEDMONT's,
SWEET CAP's and AMERICAN BEAUTY's cigarettes were produced there. The T206 cards associated with these brands....
WERE PRINTED AT AMERICAN LITHOGRAPHIC IN NEW YORK CITY.

Similarly, COUPON's Type 1, 2 & 3 cards....WERE PRINTED AT AMERICAN LITHOGRAPHIC IN NEW YORK CITY.

Not in New Orleans, nor North Carolina, nor elsewhere....PLEASE try to understand this.


Please read the following again.

The American Lithographic Co. (ALC) was the America's "lithography giant " in the late 19th & early 20th Century.
Jame Buchanan Duke of American Tobacco Co. (ATC) and ALC founder, Joseph Knapp, were very close friends and
businessmen. All sports, non-sports, and related ATC product's premiums from 1909 to 1919 were printed within this
building in NYC.

This structure still exists in NYC at the corner of South Park Ave. & 20th Street. Nowadays, its 13 floors consist of
professional offices.



At ALC, all the ATC cards (and their cigarette packs) were printed from 1909 to 1919. Including the T205's you are fond
of. Yes, the T213, T214 and T215 cards were printed at ALC.
The COUPON Tobacco Co. in New Orleans (Factory #3) produced tobacco products. None of the various Factory's in the
ATC monopoly printed cards ! !

From ALC in NYC, the individual cards (and uncut sheets of cigarette packs) were shipped by rail to the various Factory's
in the ATC system.


TED Z