Richard Joshua Reynolds was an American businessman and founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
R.J. Reynolds, head of Reynolds Tobacco Company
R.J. Reynolds in 1905
Share of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, issued 15 March 1906
R.J. Reynolds family 1914
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) is an American tobacco manufacturing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and headquartered at the RJR Plaza Building. Founded by R. J. Reynolds in 1875, it is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American, after merging with the U.S. operations of British American Tobacco in 2004.
Reynolds Building, built in Art Deco style, served as RJR headquarters until 2008.
R. J. Reynolds, founder
Share of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, issued 15 March 1906
George Washington, early cut plug tobacco brand manufactured by Reynolds, c. 1910