The various Tobacco Factory's and their associated T206 T-brand's

[yoyot1]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

Great stuff, Ted! Thanks for teaching.

I was in Durham recently, and I happened to walk by Factory 42. It's all boarded up...probably ready to be converted into an office building like the rest of the ATC buildings nearby.

Cheers,
Steve

That sign is on the Ligget & Myers Chesterfield building, which was built in 1948, so isn't the same as the Factory 42 on the T cards. I've tried to figure out what the actual factory #42 was (if it was a specific building in Durham, or just the whole ATC complex), but to no avail. A good history of the ATC complex is here.

It is a great sign though - was looking at it just yesterday.

[brass_rat]

Ahhh, bummer! Shows what I know about "old" buildings. I was anchored by the dates on nearby building plaques...

Thanks for the info!
Steve

Originally Posted by yoyot1

That sign is on the Ligget & Myers Chesterfield building, which was built in 1948, so isn't the same as the Factory 42 on the T cards. I've tried to figure out what the actual factory #42 was (if it was a specific building in Durham, or just the whole ATC complex), but to no avail. A good history of the ATC complex is here.

It is a great sign though - was looking at it just yesterday.

[yoyot1]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

Ahhh, bummer! Shows what I know about "old" buildings. I was anchored by the dates on nearby building plaques...

That whole complex was probably Factory 42; in between the Chesterfield and the Walker building is the old cigarette factory, which the Chesterfield replaced. Ted's postcard actually shows more of the same complex from the perspective of someone standing at the site of the Chesterfield (before it was built) looking northeast. The Toms and Hicks buildings are on the left, the Flowers building is in the middle, and the Cobb building is on the right. Washington Duke's house was on that Chesterfield site as well (until it was torn down around 1915). So you were probably in the right place

The American Tobacco Campus (depicted in the photos posted by Dan) is a couple blocks away. The water tower in Ted's postcard is not the Lucky Strike tower but a different one - there is another water tower in the background mid-right in the ballpark picture that is in the same location.