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[jefferyepayne]

Allen & Ginter was acquired by American Tobacco Company but part of their legacy lives on. My son and I took a campus tour of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA recently and found out that one of the Administration Buildings is a house built by tobacco magnate Major Lewis Ginter of Allen & Ginter fame.

Here's a link to the history of this house:

http://www.provost.vcu.edu/about/ginter/history.html

Here are some pictures I took.



Notice the cigarette shaped chimney.



jeff

[Eric72]

Jeff,

Excellent pictures...thank you very much for posting them.

You didn't happen to take any inside shots with images pertaining to the cards produced there, did you?



Waiting with unbridled hope,

Eric

[jefferyepayne]

Unfortunately I have no pictures of the inside. We were on a structured campus tour and they just breezed by the Ginter House during our walk around campus. Would love to poke around inside someday, though.

jeff

Originally Posted by Eric72

Jeff,

Excellent pictures...thank you very much for posting them.

You didn't happen to take any inside shots with images pertaining to the cards produced there, did you?



Waiting with unbridled hope,

Eric

[Luke]

I can't contribute any info about what happened to the Obak company, but Mark Macrae told me about this advertisement that was painted on the side of a brick building back in the early 1900's. I found a picture on google. It's faded, but still there to this day in Portland I believe.

[AMBST95]

Here's a quick history on York Caramel Company, known for the E210 sets.

http://www.ydr.com/ci_23502172/class...er-acquisition