Big Tobacco in the Big Apple
How New York City Became the Heart of the Tobacco Industry
…and Anti Smoking Activism
Movie Stars and Movie Palaces
“GOOD…they’ve got to be good!”
Chesterfield magazine advertisement featuring Fred and Adele Astaire
Delineator
October 1931
“You need this throat protection too!”
Lucky Strike magazine advertisement featuring a
CBS Radio microphone
1937
“Her Throat Insured For $50,000.”
Lucky Strike magazine advertisement featuring Dolores del Rio
1938
“All Clear”
Chesterfield magazine advertisement featuring Rosalind Russell
1942
“30 Day Mildness Test?”
Camel magazine advertisement featuring Cole Porter and
Patricia Morison
1948
“My voice is my living”
Camel magazine advertisement featuring Camel Caravan host Vaughn Monroe
1950
“Smoke for Pleasure today…No Cigarette Hangover tomorrow!”
Philip Morris magazine advertisement featuring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
1952
“Now Millions Know! ONE KING SIZE tops them all for TASTE and COMFORT!”
Philip Morris advertisement featuring Lucille Ball
The Saturday Evening Post
July 11, 1953
I’ve Got a Secret
Photographic image of I’ve Got a Secret show panelists, 1953
The New York Times Magazine, page 23
January 13, 1991
“I’ve Got a Secret”
Board game by Lowell Toy Manufacturing Corporation based on a TV quiz show produced in New York City, sponsored by Winston cigarettes
1956
“Panels of Experts In Urbane Banter”
Article about the re-broadcast of 1950s game shows
The New York Times, page 55
March 21, 1999