Drummond Tobacco Company

Drummond Tobacco Company
	Private
	Drummond Tobacco Company Building in St. Louis, Missouri
Founded	1873
Defunct	1898
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri, United States

The Drummond Tobacco Company was an American tobacco company in St. Louis, Missouri.^[1]

History

The company was founded in 1873, when it started making Chesterfield cigarettes.^[1] Its headquarters in St. Louis was designed by architect Isaac S. Taylor in 1885. The company later also produced Horseshoe brand chewing tobacco. It was acquired by the American Tobacco Company in 1898.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Tobacco Shipping Crate, National Museum of American History
^ TOBACCO COMPANIES UNITED.; The Trust Buys Out the Drummond Company of St. Louis for Ten Million Dollars., The New York Times, September 24, 1898

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[nationalmuseum-1] Tobacco Shipping Crate, National Museum of American History

[2] TOBACCO COMPANIES UNITED.; The Trust Buys Out the Drummond Company of St. Louis for Ten Million Dollars., The New York Times, September 24, 1898

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