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1. Chamber of Commerce 1st Annual Banquet Program 1906 - 12/6/1906

   Program for the first annual banquet of the Chamber of Commerce, Roanoke, VA on December 6th, 1906 at the Elk's Club. Program is light blue wih dark blue text. Identifying info on the front, the inner pages detail the events of the night, and all of the members of the Roanoke Chmaber of Commerce and the Comitttee of Arrangements.

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2. "Peacock Smoking Tobacco" bag. - "Peacock Smoking Tobacco" manufactured by R. H. Fishburne Tobacco Company, Roanoke, Virginia. According to "The History of the City of Roanoke" by Raymond P. Barnes, the tobacco factory was purchased from Isham M. Ferguson by Tipton T. Fishburne and his two brothers, Reuben H. and Robert Fishburne. According to "The History of Roanoke County The History of Roanoke City and History of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company" by George S. Jack and E. B. Jacobs, the Fishburne brothers purchased the tobacco company in 1873 and acquired additional holdings in the tobacco business in 1879 which went under the name of Fishburne Brothers and Company. (See page 168). The Fishburne brothers continued the business for an additional 16 years manufacturing only high grade smoking tobacco until the year 1905 when R. H. Fishburne retired from active business life. (See page 174).

   1964.26.1a

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3. "Peacock Smoking Tobacco" bag. - "Peacock Smoking Tobacco" manufactured by R. H. Fishburne Tobacco Company, Roanoke, Virginia. According to "The History of the City of Roanoke" by Raymond P. Barnes, the tobacco factory was purchased from Isham M. Ferguson by Tipton T. Fishburne and his two brothers, Reuben H. and Robert Fishburne. According to "The History of Roanoke County The History of Roanoke City and History of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company" by George S. Jack and E. B. Jacobs, the Fishburne brothers purchased the tobacco company in 1873 and acquired additional holdings in the tobacco business in 1879 which went under the name of Fishburne Brothers and Company. (See page 168). The Fishburne brothers continued the business for an additional 16 years manufacturing only high grade smoking tobacco until the year 1905 when R. H. Fishburne retired from active business life. (See page 174). This item is related to a similar item with number 1964.26.1A.

   1964.26.1B

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4. Roanoke, Virginia: A City of Enterprise Energy and Progress - c. 1907

   Purple booklet, folded in half horizontally, about Roanoke's history in enterprise and its progress since its creation in the 1880s. Pamphlet is made for the tourist, and was created to attract visitors or enterpreneurs to the growing Magic City. White and gold writing with oak leaf decoration (Roanoke's slogan in the early 1900s was 'acorn to oak' because of it's rapid growth from Big Lick to Roanoke). On the bottom half (considered the back ...

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