Allen and Ginter
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Allen and Ginter was the Richmond, Virginia tobacco manufacturing firm formed by John Allen and Lewis Ginter in 1875 that created and marketed the first Cigarette cards for collecting and trading. The brand of cigarette included Richmond Gems, Virginia Brights, Perfection, Dandies and Little Beauties.
Further reading
- Robert Sobel The Entrepreneurs: Explorations Within the American Business Tradition (Weybright & Talley 1974), chapter 5, James Buchanan Duke: Opportunism Is the Spur ISBN 0-679-40064-8.
See also
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