Drummond Tobacco Company

Drummond Tobacco CompanyPrivate

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

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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

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1. ^ a b 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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