Comics and Post Cards
“HOLD FAST”
Panel from a metamorphic chromolithographic trade card by Weissinger & Bate of Louisville, Kentucky, for Hold Fast chewing tobacco
Printed by Louisville Lithographing Company
Circa 1880
“HOLD FAST tobacco the people will have—buy, beg or steal it.”
Panel from a metamorphic chromolithographic trade card by Weissinger & Bate of Louisville, Kentucky, for Hold Fast chewing tobacco
Printed by Louisville Lithographing Company
Circa 1880
“In faith the dog was awake”
Panel from a metamorphic chromolithographic trade card by Weissinger & Bate of Louisville, Kentucky, for Hold Fast chewing tobacco
Printed by Louisville Lithographing Company
Circa 1880
“CHEW HOLD FAST”
Panel from a metamorphic chromolithographic trade card by Weissinger & Bate of Louisville, Kentucky, for Hold Fast chewing tobacco
Printed by Louisville Lithographing Company
Circa 1880
“A SOCIABLE SMOKE.”
Front of a chromolithographic tobacco trade card published by Currier & Ives and distributed by J. N. Willett, Eating House and Periodical Depot, Haverhill, Massachusetts
1880
“A SOCIABLE SMOKE.” (back)
Back of a chromolithographic tobacco trade card
“OLD DOG TRAY” (back)
Blank back of a chromolithographic advertising trade card for Old Dog Tray Fine Cut tobacco
“OLD DOG TRAY”
Front of a chromolithographic advertising trade card for Old Dog Tray Fine Cut tobacco, manufactured by Wellman & Dwire Tobacco Company of Quincy, Illinois
Printed by The Calvert Lithographing Company, Detroit
Late nineteenth century
“DO YOUR CIGARETTES TASTE DIFFERENT LATELY?”
Front and back of a novelty postcard printed by Dexter Press, West Nyack, New York
Circa 1950s–1960s
“DO YOUR CIGARETTES TASTE DIFFERENT LATELY?”
Front and back of a novelty postcard showing a dog in a tobacco field
Circa 1950s–1960s
“DO YOUR CIGARETTES TASTE DIFFERENT LATELY?”
Front and back of a novelty postcard illustrated by Noletta and published for Asheville Post Card Company, Asheville, North Carolina
Circa 1950s–1960s
“DO YOUR CIGARETTES TASTE DIFFERENT LATELY?”
Front and back of a novelty postcard illustrated by Noletta
Circa 1950s–1960s
Old Gold
“KING SIZE and REGULAR…
Old Gold promises just
the relaxing pleasure
of fine and friendly tobaccos!”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1954
“I’ve been patient up to
now, boss, but isn’t it
time you turned to
Old Gold…a name
you can trust!”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1954
“No doggone medical claims…
Old Gold is man’s best
friend for a TREAT
instead of a TREATMENT”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1954
“Since Hector was a pup…
Old Gold has simply
promised a TREAT
instead of a TREATMENT!”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1954
“KING SIZE and REGULAR…
OLD GOLD is a cigarette
you can trust!”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1954
“Dog-tired of medical claims?
Smoke Old Golds
for a TREAT
instead of a TREATMENT”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1952
“No false alarms,
no medical claims
Old Golds
are a TREAT
instead of a TREATMENT”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1951
“We put it down in black and white,
For a Treat
instead of Treatment
smoke
Old Golds”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1952
“If you’re searching
for a treat you can trust…
let an Old Gold
come to the rescue”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1954
“If you’re all mixed up
about cigarettes…turn to
Old Gold…a treat
you can trust!”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1954
“Judge a thoroughbred
on points, not claims!”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1952
“If you’re
hunting for pleasure,
not medical claims…
smoke Old Golds
for a TREAT…instead of a TREATMENT”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1953
“No medical blarney,
We simply say:
For a TREAT instead of a TREATMENT
smoke Old Gold”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1952
“Let others change claims with the seasons,
We’ll continue to say…
For a TREAT instead of a TREATMENT
smoke Old Gold”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1952
“We set our sights on just one thought,
For a TREAT
instead of a TREATMENT
smoke Old Golds!”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1952
“KING SIZE and REGULAR…
OLD GOLD, America’s First Family of Cigarettes”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1954
“Get away from the crowd.
Get the flavor you want in
Old Gold Filters.”
Advertisement by Lorillard for Old Gold Filters
1971
“For a Treat
instead
of a Treatment…
remember…
OLD GOLD
treats
you
right”
Advertisement by P. Lorillard Company for Old Gold cigarettes
1953
“You can’t
improve on Nature!”
Advertisement for Old Gold cigarettes
1932
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