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Posted By: Mike Dalton

This board is great! I am what I believe is usually referred to as a lurker and am just going to chime in here.I did a google book search and found some links that have more info on F.R. Penn.

This link has some info on the Penn company. They made plug tobacco for sure.
http://books.google.com/books?id=6x4UAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA386&dq=F.R.+Penn+plug+t obacco&as_brr=1

This is an interesting link about a lawsuit involving Penn. confirms location in Reidsville I believe.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ibA2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=F.R.+Penn&as_brr= 1

More info.
http://books.google.com/books?id=VmICAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA15&dq=F.R.+Penn&as_brr=1#PRA1-PA15,M1

This is all interesting reading. I apologize if this all old info.

I am convinced by the evidence you have presented on this board that the card in question came from the Penn factory in the Ty Cobb tin above (You can barely see the factory 33 on the side).Anyway as I said before great board! Great thread.