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8th July 2014, 02:17 PM
A friend gave me an old sign he found in an old barn several years ago.
I don't know how old it is, but the original was from 1895. It's probably a repop but it's still old, I'm guessing 40's -50's.
The cardboard is pretty aged and it has some stains. It's NC Americana so I put it in a frame today.
Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, also known as “Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco,” was a world-famous brand of loose-leaf tobacco manufactured by W.T. Blackwell and Company in Durham, North Carolina. that originated around the 1850s and remained in production until August 15, 1988.[1] Over the years, the brand changed ownership multiple times, yet continued to be one of the most successful tobacco brands of all time. The brand is most commonly associated with its highly successful advertising campaigns that revolutionized the advertising industry.[citation needed] William Thomas Blackwell, an original investor and owner of the Blackwell Company, contributed greatly to the success of the product. Blackwell and his company’s tactics with the brand paved the way for other corporations to succeed through the acquisition of the Bull Durham trademark. The success of the product ultimately is due to the successful advertising campaigns that made Durham world famous, brought jobs to the city, and made Durham the tobacco capital of the United States.
Here's a site of the tobacco history in Durham if you care to read it
http://www.opendurham.org/buildings/blackwells-durham-tobacco-american-tobacco-co
Here's the framed sign I'll hang in the garage with the other crap on the walls, er, I mean garage art
I don't know how old it is, but the original was from 1895. It's probably a repop but it's still old, I'm guessing 40's -50's.
The cardboard is pretty aged and it has some stains. It's NC Americana so I put it in a frame today.
Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, also known as “Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco,” was a world-famous brand of loose-leaf tobacco manufactured by W.T. Blackwell and Company in Durham, North Carolina. that originated around the 1850s and remained in production until August 15, 1988.[1] Over the years, the brand changed ownership multiple times, yet continued to be one of the most successful tobacco brands of all time. The brand is most commonly associated with its highly successful advertising campaigns that revolutionized the advertising industry.[citation needed] William Thomas Blackwell, an original investor and owner of the Blackwell Company, contributed greatly to the success of the product. Blackwell and his company’s tactics with the brand paved the way for other corporations to succeed through the acquisition of the Bull Durham trademark. The success of the product ultimately is due to the successful advertising campaigns that made Durham world famous, brought jobs to the city, and made Durham the tobacco capital of the United States.
Here's a site of the tobacco history in Durham if you care to read it
http://www.opendurham.org/buildings/blackwells-durham-tobacco-american-tobacco-co
Here's the framed sign I'll hang in the garage with the other crap on the walls, er, I mean garage art