Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Kinney Tobacco Company
IndustryTobacco
Foundedc. 1869
FounderFrancis S. Kinney
Defunct1890; 134 years ago (1890)
FateMerged with other companies to form American Tobacco.[1]
SuccessorAmerican Tobacco
Headquarters
U.S.
Key people
Abbot Kinney
ProductsCigarettes, trading cards
BrandsSweet Caporal

The Kinney Tobacco Company was an American cigarette manufacturing firm that created the Sweet Caporal cigarette brand and promoted it with collectible trading cards. Being a leading cigarette manufacturer of the 1870-1880s, in 1890 it merged with other companies to form the American Tobacco Company.[1]

  1. ^ a b A Trust to Bust: American Tobacco Company Organized, 1890 on the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, 31 Jan 2016