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Regina Music Box
By David McKay

Can anybody help this gentleman out:

------ Forwarded Message 
From: miltonhouse@miltonhouse.org.geentroep (David McKay)
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:22:26 -0500
To: The Daniels <kdnatives@yahoo.com.geentroep>

Hi there,

I don't know if I told you or not, but the Regina that we have here was
apparently shipped from the factory in December 1902 and sent to the
Florodora Tag Company, which was a premium-redemption company.  You sent
them cigar bands or tobacco tags, and they sent you prizes.

I don't know who has their records, if anyone does.  They were part of
the American Tobacco Company, which eventually, through a series of
breakups and mergers, became the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company.  So far
nobody at RJR will return my calls.  I think they're afraid I'm going to
sue them for something; doesn't everybody these days?

All I want to know is who the Florodora Tag Company sent my Regina to,
and how many cigar bands it took to get a Regina.  For scale, a child's
place setting cost 25 bands; a grand piano cost 90,000.  If I find out,
I'll let you know.

Thanks again,
David McKay

  [ Checking Google to see which spelling, Florodora or Floradora, is
  [ correct, I found hits under both spellings, and notices of several
  [ old Florodora/Floradora Tag Company premium catalogs, which might
  [ answer David's question about how many cigar bands were needed for
  [ a Regina.
  [
  [ --Editor


(Message sent Wed 8 Jun 2005, 16:48:25 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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