I just had to post an update here to praise Librarians!!! My good friend Loretta is a librarian and she had me email some libraries for info regarding my 1920s cigarette label item as shown in the picture ! This information below was the result of my question and subsequence answers from the library regarding this item. I highly recommend contacting librarians who love to dig through these resources! With this information I can now list my item!
In short the item is from Wall Street Tobacco Co. formed in 1926, out of business (it appears in 1927) and the directors signature is on the side of the pack!
From the paper Polk's & Co. (Trow's) 1926 NYC Directory:
Wall Street Tobacco Co. Inc. (N.Y.)
L L Mosquera Pres, Wm P (might be an F) Raab, V-P, Jas Carruthers Sec,
D E Greene, Treas.
Dir: L L Mosquera, Wm F (might be a P), Jas Carruthers, D E Greene
79 Wall, R 304
There was no listing for a Wall Street Tobacco in the paper directories
of 1921-22, 1929, 1930, and 1936-37.
JP
New York State Library
Reference Services
CEC, ESP
Albany, NY 12230
(518)474-5355
www.nysl.nysed.gov/refserv.htm
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:35:46 -0400
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Subject: Re: 44 Wall Street Company/Building information
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To: Martin Adamo
You have reached the New York State Library (NYSL) in Albany, New York.
Your e-bay posting was very interesting and gave you some good
searching suggestions, such as contacting a business librarian at the
New York Public Library in Manhattan. http://www.nypl.org/
The New York City Municipal Archives may also be of help. You can
leave an e-mail comment with the City Hall Library (see link under
Contact Records).
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/about/archives.shtml
FYI...
In the NYSL's Marvyn Scudder Manual of Extinct or Obsolite Companies ,
Vol. III, for 1930, the following information is listed for a Wall
Street Tobacco Corp.: Delaware charter proclaimed repealed for non
payment of two years' taxes January 24, 1927. In Vol. IV of the same
title, which shows companies that have reorganized, merged, liquidated,
or dissolved and companies that have changed names or forfeited their
charters, this information is listed: Wall Street Tobacco Co. Inc. N.Y.
1929. No other information is mentioned. No addresses are given.
Neither company was mentioned in the 1938 volume. There was no
information that these two companies were connected in any way or if
they were totally independant of each other.
No Wall Street Tobacco Company or Corporation was listed in the
International Directory of Company Histories.
The NYSL has the NYC Business and City Directory and Telephone
Directories on microfilm for the following years: 1924/25, 1931,
1933/34 (among many others). We do not own the microfilm for 1926 -
1930. I will check to see if we have any paper directories for the time
frame you request.
JP
New York State Library
Reference Services
CEC, ESP
Albany, NY 12230
(518)474-5355
www.nysl.nysed.gov/refserv.htm
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Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
(clhct1@aol.com) on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 11:48:32
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Name: Martin Adamo
City: Wallingford
State: CT
Request: I am researching an item from a company that had a listed
address of 44 Wall Street NY. The company was called Wall Street Tobacco
Co. Inc and it is a cigarette wrapper. It appears to have been pre 1940
but I cannot really tell the date). I am trying to find out if this
company existed at that address and what was located at 44 Wall Street
before the current building was put up. I found out the building
presently located there was built around 1926-7. I have a picture I of
the item which shows the Wall Street view on the wrapper at the time but
cannot send with this info form can reply and attach to email.
In short looking for any history of the existence of Wall Street
Tobacco Co. Inc located at 44 Wall Street.
Other hints from the label. It mentions they were made at Factory #23
2nd District NY. I did find a reference to a Cigarette item made at that
factory in the 1890s but not by Wall Street Tobacco Co. Inc. That
reference was a Baseball collectible item that looked like a milk cap
with a baseball players photo on it. It was a promo item made by another
company but did reference that same factory.
Sending you the picture might be helpful to you.
Thanks for any help or resources you can provide.
Martin Adamo
SourcesConsulted: I have searched all online resources I could find. I
searched Google, Yahoo, Google Book search, histories of 44 Wall Street,
Cigarette information. Online marketplaces such as ebay and others and
can come up with no information on the item or the company.
Submit: Submit
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