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Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, also known as "Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco", was a brand of loose-leaf tobacco manufactured by W. T. Blackwell and Company in Durham, North Carolina, that originated around the 1850s and remained in production until August 15, 1988.
Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco was promoted to the fighting men of America as “the universal smoke of our army and navy for three generations.” These advertisements lace patriotism and the fervor of the soldier’s life into their sales pitches: “Fall in line with hundreds of thousands of red-blooded smokers,” “Rich, relishy, star ...
Feb 27, 2023 · After the Civil War, the Durham shorthorn bull became the logo for Bull Durham Tobacco (later W.T. Blackwell & Co.), as well as the basis for an international advertising campaign and, eventually, the enduring symbol of this Piedmont city.
Nov 21, 2009 · According to the site, Bull Durham tobacco was among the most recognizable trademarks in the world circa 1900. These two ads include caricatures of “foolish looking or silly acting blacks to draw attention to its product”: NEW (Dec. ’09)!
Feb 23, 2002 · A poster advertising Bull Durham tobacco lit a spark in Effley Howell. Howell found the ad a decade ago at a flea market. In it, a barefoot black boy with protruding pink lips eats watermelon.
Advertising claimed that a bag provided 40 rollings in each muslin sack. Another legend of the West began in Durham, North Carolina, home of Bull Durham tobacco. The first denim in the United States was produced in a local mill.
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Bull Durham Tobacco Ad (ca. 1920): Large poster shows ease of rolling your own Bull Durham cigarettes by picturing a golfer swinging club while smoking. Carrington's Bar and Hotel stood (ca. 1880).
