Turns out my Great Grandfather was a traveling tobacco salesman in the 1920's-1960's. Does anyone know anything of "Model and Dill's Best" tobaccos?
Does Anyone Know Much About the United States Tobacco Co.?
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History of Dill's Best and Dill's Pipe Cleaners | BrandlandUSA
Dill's was the creation of the Richmond brothers J.D. and Adolph Dill, who created Dill's Best, according to The Entrepreneurs: Explorations Within the American Tradition by Robert Sobel. Yours truly happens to be fascinated by Dill's, mostly because he lived in a Richmond, Virginia house build...
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Great find, thanks! So I guess the article should have read "Model, and Dill's Best" . I wonder if anyone currently owns the IP for these blends.
@woodsroad Do you know the history of the US Tobacco Co? Where it came from, what it swallowed up, what it eventually became?
History of Dill's Best and Dill's Pipe Cleaners | BrandlandUSA
Dill's was the creation of the Richmond brothers J.D. and Adolph Dill, who created Dill's Best, according to The Entrepreneurs: Explorations Within the American Tradition by Robert Sobel. Yours truly happens to be fascinated by Dill's, mostly because he lived in a Richmond, Virginia house build...
www.brandlandusa.com
This is why I like the Oxford comma—it provides more clarity. I really don’t understand why it has fallen out of favour the last bunch of years.
Wasn’t Model one of those House of Windsor brands sold about 15-20 years ago, along with Field & Stream, Country Doctor, Barking Dog, Oxford Comma, and several others?
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And wasn’t US Tobacco Company the producer of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobaccos back in the 70s and 80s? I do not remember exactly.
Fascinating! Thanks so much, everyone. I had read about the break-up of American Tobacco in Barbara Hahn's book, but never thought I would have a small family connection to that story.
I knew my Great Grandfather for a little while. He passed when I was 7 or 8. It wasn't until later in life that I put his career together with the fact that all his grandkids and great-grandkids kept their Legos and seashells in plastic "Mark IV" cigar boxes.
I knew my Great Grandfather for a little while. He passed when I was 7 or 8. It wasn't until later in life that I put his career together with the fact that all his grandkids and great-grandkids kept their Legos and seashells in plastic "Mark IV" cigar boxes.