Oscar Hammerstein I (left) was a businessman, theater manager and composer
in New York City. His passion for opera led him to open several opera houses,
and he rekindled opera’s popularity in America. In 1883 Oscar Hammerstein
patented the first cigar-rolling machine and began to make a fortune that he
promptly reinvested in theaters and concert halls. He was the grandfather
of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein ll.

A cigar ad from the 1940s featuring Ronald Reagan

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a soldier, buffalo hunter and
showman. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, mostly
famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Buffalo Bill received
the Medal of Honor in 1872. He died on January 10, 1917. 

John Harvey Kellogg (above) was an medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan, who ran 
a sanitarium. He is best known for the invention of the corn flakes breakfast cereal with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg (pictured below).  

Will K. Kellogg

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes ad from 1914