Books about the tobacco companies?

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by bgar3

There is a book entitled, "Sold American: the first 50 years of the American Tobacco Company", published in 1954. Fairly common, usually available for 10 dollars or under, which covers some history, including various cards and inserts etc.(not much on baseball though)

I purchased this book for about $10 on Amazon. Although it covers the history of the ATC fairly well, it focuses more on the advertising aspects of the ATC. Another self published manual comes complements of the cigarette pack collectors. This Comprehensive guide covers all of the factory numbers, the brands it produced during which years and occasionally where the factory was located. I was shocked there so many labels and designations. The guide was perhaps a hundred pages long, single spaced and two sided. If interested, I will see if I can locate the exact name and Author.

Z

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

I purchased this book for about $10 on Amazon. Although it covers the history of the ATC fairly well, it focuses more on the advertising aspects of the ATC. Another self published manual comes complements of the cigarette pack collectors. This Comprehensive guide covers all of the factory numbers, the brands it produced during which years and occasionally where the factory was located. I was shocked there so many labels and designations. The guide was perhaps a hundred pages long, single spaced and two sided. If interested, I will see if I can locate the exact name and Author.

Z

Thanks Zach Wheat ... I'd be interested in the name and author of the cigarette pack collectors book. I've lately taken an interest in tobacco packaging too of late. Thank you for the replies! Jerry. PS: I've been reading through the Baseball and Tobacco dot com website. Interesting stuff!