Big Tobacco in the Big Apple
How New York City Became the Heart of the Tobacco Industry
…and Anti Smoking Activism
Phillip Morris & Co.
“…we have the pleasure of forwarding to you some smaples of our Original London Cigarettes,..”
Letter
C.E. Milnes-Hey to Stewart Walker
Philip Morris & Company Ltd.
January 25, 1911
“…it is a notorious fact here that I introduced Philip Morris cigarette in this city and they are now greatly used.”
Letter
Stewart Walker to C.E. Milnes-Hey
January 28, 1911
“Johnny’s On The Air”
Philip Morris company envelope with Little Johnny’s weekly
radio schedule
October 3, 1947
“That’s putting it MILDLY!”
Magazine advertisement for Philip Morris’ Country Doctor
Pipe Mixture
1949
“Philip Morris & Co. Ltd., Inc.”
Letter from O. Parker McComas, president of Philip Morris, to Philip Morris employees about “The House That You Built” (see below) and employee benefits
April 1, 1953
“Dear Co-worker in Philip Morris”
Alfred Lyon Chairman of the Board Letter from “The House That You Built”
January 1, 1953
Philip Morris & Co. on Bond Street
Photograph of original London location from company document
1957
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