Piedmont, Liggett & Myers, and ATC: A Clarification

[t206blogcom]

Tim - The shop owner's name is Guy. He used to go to the show in Chantilly, but hasn't been in years. I guess my secret little card shop isn't as secret as I thought.

Keep us posted if you unearth anymore information.

Do you live down in that area? I'm in NoVa (Loudoun County).

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by t206blogcom

Keep us posted if you unearth anymore information.

Do you live down in that area? I'm in NoVa (Loudoun County).

Yes, I live in the Richmond area. I have family that live in Loudoun County as well.

The original brick building you thought may be a tobacco factory wasn't at the time the postcard was produced, but it would become a tobacco building eventually.

According to a magazine article and a few other sources, it was built in 1901 for the Union Envelope Company. Last to occupy the building was R.J. Reynolds. After they left the building remained vacant for years. Renovations are currently converting the building into apartments. A before shot of the building from a few years ago, and another I took today are below.

The smoke stack was part of the power plant owned by the Virginia Passenger and Power Company. Also still standing.

This research has led to the location of Factory 25. More on that soon when I have it all together.

[t206blogcom]

Great stuff Tim! When you find factory 25, I'll have to make a trip down to Richmond to check it out.

[Mountaineer1999]

What ever happened with this? Was this in fact the Factory 25 building? Have any of the factories been identified and are they standing today?

[t206blogcom]

I was down in Richmond a few months after these posts and took a segway through the old tobacco rows, but didn't take any pics. I haven't had the time to do any further reasearch.

Perhaps Tim continued his research?

[Matvoo]

I wish one of these factory has scraps and all the rarities
That be super cool
Ill just keep dreaming

[t206blogcom]

Originally Posted by Matvoo

I wish one of these factory has scraps and all the rarities

The cards were printed by the American Lithographic Company in New York, shipped to the various factories and inserted into the packs at the factories. Therefore I doubt any factory would've had print scraps. But I understand what you mean. It would be an awesome find if something like that actually existed.

At one point in time, before the factories were converted into other types of structures such as apartments/condos or torn down, they could have had extra cards sitting around. We'll never know.

For more information on the American Lithographic Company, I refer you to these two Net54 threads:

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=151290 (This one includes modern pictures of the ALC building in NYC.)

http://www.network54.com/Forum/15365...raphic+Company