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BACKGROUND | BACKGROUND | ||
The Civic Company Ltd of London was formed in 1921 out of the Imperial Tobacco | [[File:Imperial CIVIC.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]]The Civic Company Ltd of London was formed in 1921 out of the [[Imperial Tobacco Co.]] (Fancy Goods Department) Ltd which was located in Fulham Palace Road Hammersmith. The Imperial | ||
Goods Department) Ltd which was located in Fulham Palace Road Hammersmith. The Imperial | |||
Company itself was formed in 1901 in response to an aggressive take over raid in Britain by | Company itself was formed in 1901 in response to an aggressive take over raid in Britain by | ||
American Tobacco and involved the pooling of tobacco retail outlets including closely related items | American Tobacco and involved the pooling of tobacco retail outlets including closely related items | ||
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PDF files and lodged in the National Pipe Archive in Liverpool. | PDF files and lodged in the National Pipe Archive in Liverpool. | ||
P J Davey/21 April 2010 | P J Davey/21 April 2010 | ||
<gallery widths=300 heights=450 caption="Civic catalog pages and Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
Civic Special.png | |||
Civic Banded.png | |||
File:Civic.jpg | |||
File:Imperial Page.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Great Britain]] | |||