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Alfred Henry Dunhill | Alfred Henry Dunhill was appointed as president in 1928 by his father, a position he held until 1961. He then decided to leave the company and transfered his presidency to his sister, Mary Dunhill. Alfred Henry Dunhill passed away ten years later (in 1971) at age 75. | ||
In another rare image, courtesy of our friend Jonathan Guss, we have a clipping of a magazine that says: | In another rare image, courtesy of our friend Jonathan Guss, we have a clipping of a magazine that says: | ||
<blockquote><q>Mr. Alfred H. Dunhill holding a fragment from the wreckage of the shop in Duke Street, St. Jame's in London, that was founded by his father. | <blockquote><q>Mr. Alfred H. Dunhill holding a fragment from the wreckage of the shop in Duke Street, St. Jame's in London, that was founded by his father. '''''Tobacco''''' in February told the romantic story of the shop which "a spacious, and gracious, place of bright, light woods and bevelled glass" was ruined by Hitler's airmen in a night raid.</q></blockquote> | ||
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