T206 Factories

[frankbmd]

I love this kind of question and after one hour of googling I propose the following locations as likely (but not verified) locations.

Factory 6 - Middleton, Ohio Polar Bear Tobacco

Factory 17 (?) & 25 - Richmond, Virginia

Factory 30 & 649 (?) - New York City on W 22nd St (Kinney Bros. - Sweet Caporal Brand name of Kinney)

Factory 42 - Durham, NC

Factory 171 - San Francisco, CA Obaks

This information may be well known by other members. Please modify or supplement this list, if you know. I'd like to know the real answers and the reference to pin this down for sure.

[t206blogcom]

I'm no expert, but a year ago when I was visiting my home town of Williamsburg (less than an hour south east of Richmond), a vintage card shop owner was telling me the factory in Richmond was torn down years and years ago. I do know there are a bunch of apartments/condos in Richmond in old tobacco warehouses and factories, but I don't think they're the ones related to T206.

More info can be found about ALC on this old Net54 post. It sounds like the company was in NYC and their building still stands - at least as of 2008.

There are many on Net54 with far more knowledge about this subject than me, so hopefully they'll chime in for you. Also, Net54 member Jason Wells lives in Richmond, so he might be able to shed light on my previous statement about the apartments.