Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

[4]: 34 The Kinney Tobacco Co. production facility in New York City was housed in a row of buildings stretching from 515 to 525 West 22nd Street.

[citation needed] On October 6, 1892, the Kinney's production and logistics complex on West 22nd Street was gutted by a five-alarm fire.

It was supposed that the fire originated around 5:30 a.m. in the basement storage area of the four-story brick building, address No.

[9] Sweet Caporal launched as a brand in 1878, persevered through a merger and survived the subsequent dissolution of a cigarette trust after United States v. American Tobacco Co.

It turned into a money-making brand for the reconstituted American Tobacco Company on a par with Pall Mall and Mecca.

The original N-series of the Kinney Bro's High-Class Cigarettes cards issued in the 1880s, including the Sweet Caporal brand, featured multiple topics: Actresses,[12] Animals, Heroes of the Spanish War,[13] Military,[14] Fish, Famous Gems of the World, Famous Running Horses, Novelties, Naval Vessels of the World, Butterflies of the World, Flags of All Nations, and Surf Beauties, among others.

In the 20th century, Sweet Caporal cigarette cards of the T-series featured baseball and other new themes including 1910 T206 Honus Wagner trading card described by the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the sport’s "most famous collectible.