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Intro: carried on manufacturing in the Ontario Street, Montreal, building since 1876. (Photo Courtesy Industry Canada)
Company founded in 1858 in Montreal by merchants William C. and Augustine Macdonald as McDonald Brothers and Co. Tobacco Manufacturers.
Company imports tobacco from Kentucky and sells chewing and smoking "plugs."
In 1866, name changed to W. C. McDonald Tobacco Merchants and Manufacturers. They create a heart-shaped logo and launch company slogan "tobacco with a heart."
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