Smith Brothers Records 1908-1964

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Smith Brothers Records 1908-1964

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/smith_bros.htm

Records of the cough drop company founded in 1847 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Collection includes minute books (1922-1964), stock records (1920-1964), and executive reports (1919-1957).

1.5 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6362696

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Smith, W. Wallace (William Wallace), 1900-1989

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Smith Brothers (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)

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Smith Brothers Cough Drop Company was founded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1847 by brothers William Wallace Smith (1830-1913) and Andrew Smith (1836-1895). Their father, James Smith, had emigrated from Scotland and settled in New York, where he started a small candy business. Upon purchasing the formula for a "cough candy" from a traveling man, James added the items to his product line. Menthol cough drops were added in 1922, a cough syrup in 1926, and the wild cherry flavor, the firm's most pop...

Smith, Andrew, 1836-1895

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