Big Tobacco in the Big Apple
How New York City Became the Heart of the Tobacco Industry
…and Anti Smoking Activism
Sports Sponsorship by Tobacco Companies
Tobacco in the Ring and on the Court, the Diamond, and the Gridiron (2:13)
“Brooklyn Nationals”
Baseball trading card by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company in packages of Fatima cigarettes
1913
“New York Nationals”
Baseball trading card by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company in packages of Fatima cigarettes
1913
“‘I like Luckies. They are mild and mellow.’ –Tony Lazzeri, Star Infielder, New York Yankees”
Magazine advertisement by the American Tobacco Company for Lucky Strike cigarettes
1928
“Red Murray, New York Nationals”
“T206” baseball trading card by the American Tobacco Company in packages of Piedmont cigarettes
1909-1911
“Happy Felton’s Knothole Gang” (00:25)
Video excerpt of kinescope showing the right field billboard in Ebbetts Field, stadium of the Brooklyn Dodgers, advertising American Tobacco Company’s Lucky Strike cigarettes and featuring Jackie Robinson
June 26, 1956
“Happy Felton’s Knothole Gang” [2] (26:07)
Video of kinescope of the entire program
June 26, 1956
Play-by-play broadcast from Ebbetts Field of the eighth and ninth innings of a no-hitter by Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Sal Maglie, featuring two Lucky Strike cigarettes commercials read by Vin Scully–September 25, 1956. (20:44)
“‘Now! Medical Science Offers PROOF POSITIVE!’ –says Babe Ruth”
Newspaper advertisement by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company for Raleigh cigarettes
1946
“‘THE WINNER’ — Joe Louis”
Souvenir card given out by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company with endorsement of Chesterfield cigarettes by world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis
1948
“A HIT!”
Colorized photograph of centerfield billboard at the Polo Grounds, baseball stadium of the New York Giants, advertising Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company’s Chesterfield cigarettes
Early-1950s
“‘CHESTERFIELDS ARE MILDER–MUCH MILDER. IT’S MY CIGARETTE’–Joe DiMaggio”
Advertisement by Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company
The Sporting News
October 26, 1948
“JOE DIMAGGIO’S MIGHTY SWING”
Advertisement by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for Camel cigarettes
LIFE Magazine
1942
“Yessir! the Ol’ Redhead has changed to CAMELS”
Advertisement by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for Camel cigarettes with endorsement by New York Yankees play-by-play announcer Red Barber
LIFE Magazine
1954
“Are you smoking more now but enjoying it less? HAVE A REAL CIGARETTE, HAVE A CAMEL”
Advertisement by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for Camel cigarettes, featuring an endorsement by Dick Nolan, defense backfield star of the New York Giants football team
LIFE Magazine
1960
“DON LARSEN relives the day he made baseball history”
Advertisement for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company’s Camel cigarettes, featuring an endorsement by the New York Yankees pitcher who threw the only perfect game in a World Series in 1956
LIFE Magazine
1957
“N.Y. YANKEE STAR ELSTON HOWARD Smokes KOOL. ‘I like that Clean Taste and Smooth Feeling in my Throat.'”
Advertisement by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company
Ebony Magazine
1960
“Take a tip from Sam Huff”
Advertisement by Philip Morris for Marlboro cigarettes, featuring an endorsement by New York Giants football star Sam Huff
LIFE Magazine
1957
“MICKEY MANTLE Baseball Special Rawlings GLOVE”
Advertisement by Bayuk Cigars, Inc. for Phillies cigars
LIFE Magazine
1964
“New Idea in Filters”
Back cover advertisement for Philip Morris Multifilter cigarettes
Sports Illustrated
December 7, 1964
“Benson & Hedges 100s…and I can’t boil water either…that’s the breaks”
Back cover advertisement for Philip Morris’ Benson & Hedges cigarettes
Sports Illustrated
July 4, 1977
“VIRGINIA SLIMS CHAMPIONSHIPS”
Photograph by Alan Blum, MD of interior sign in Madison Square Garden advertising Philip Morris’s Virginia Slims cigarettes-sponsored woman’s professional tennis tournament
1992
“VIRGINIA SLIMS TENNIS 1992”
Advertisement by Philip Morris for the Virginia Slims cigarettes women’s professional tennis tour
Inside Women’s Tennis
April, 1992
