Mr. Miltiades Melachrino (1847-1934) was a successful late 19th Century Cairo, Egypt cigarette manufacturer. In 1904 he decided to relocate to the United States, and began making his Egyptian style cigarettes in Factory No. 649, 1st District State of New York. Melachrino No. 9 and the slightly larger Melachrino No. 4, plus Non Plus Ultra Cigarettes, were tobacconist Melachrino's most popular brands. His business, M. Melachrino and Company, and the different brandnames, was sold to the Tobacco Products Corporation about 1913. Miltiades Melachrino started a second cigarette manufacturing company at 11 East 44th Street in New York City during the early 1920's. Crocodile Cigarettes, Miltiades Cigarettes, and Silver King Cigarettes were made in Factory No. 1016, 3rd District New York from 1923 until 1928. Mr. Melachrino advertised that this new company had "No connection with other firms."