Drummond Tobacco Building

[smokelessjoe]

Not sure if this is any help, but notice that on the two sheets that I pulled from the American Tobacco Co. report that there is a quantity for "Drum" brand coming from the "P. Lorillard Co." and the "Liggett & Myers - Drummond Branch" for 1911.

It actually reads: "Drum - 2 Oz. Tins"

Again, not sure what this means?

[smokelessjoe]

TedZ,

I think the St. Louis plant was still in operation as of Dec. 31, 1910. It is referred to as the Liggett Myers - Drummond Branch of which shows production of the Drum brand at that time. Albeit in 2 Oz. Tins????

[tedzan]

The Liggett & Myers (L & M) plant in 1911 was Factory 42 in Durham, NC. I have a colorful vintage postcard of it, and I'll post it later.

The P. Lorillard Co. plant was in New Jersey.

The Drum brand Tins I think are cut plug tobacco. And, like Jamie noted earlier different factories produced different forms of tobacco.

I'm certain that Factory 25 (Richmond) produced the DRUM cigarette brand in the 1910-1911 era.

Thanks for starting this thread.


TED Z

[smokelessjoe]

Hi Ted,

Yes, Liggett & Myers did have a plant in Durham... But they also had a plant in St. Louis called the Ligget & Myers - Drummond Branch. I will not disagree with you on the location of where the Drum "cigarette" brand was produced (I cannot tell), but they did produce the "Drum" brand in St. Louis in the 1910-1911 era.