America’s pastime and tobacco have been intricately related for 150 years, practically from the beginning of professional baseball. Tobacco companies were among the earliest and most visible advertisers at ballgames. This exhibition features examples of such promotional items from the University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, which holds the most comprehensive collection on the tobacco industry, cigarette marketing, and anti-smoking advocacy at any university.
“YOU GET A CHANGE WEEK-ENDS….give your throat a change too…with KOOLS”
Advertisement by Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company for Kool cigarettes
1939
“YOU GIVE YOURSELF A CHANGE ON WEEK-ENDS…give your throat a change, too, with KOOLS”
Advertisement by Brown and Wiliamson Tobacco Company for Kool cigarettes
The Saturday Evening Post
1939
“Be Happy Go Lucky!”
Television commercial by the American Tobacco Company
1950s
“Be Happy Go Lucky!”
Television commercial by the American Tobacco Company
1950s
“Be Happy Go Lucky!”
Television commercial by the American Tobacco Company
1950s
“Play ball with Old Gold cigarettes”
Television Commercial by the P. Lorillard Tobacco Company
1950s
“Luckies Taste Better — Cleaner, Fresher, Smoother!”
Television commercial by the American Tobacco Company
1950s
“Camels Agree with More People!”
Television commercial by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
1960s
“You’ve Got a Good Thing Going”
Television commercial by the P. Lorillard Tobacco Company for KENT cigarettes
1960s
“Two Fine Products of The American Tobacco Company, sponsors of Dodger Baseball on Radio and TV”
Advertisement for Lucky Strike and Tareyton cigarettes
Brooklyn Dodgers Yearbook
1950s
“LOOK FOR THE VANTAGE SPORTS PUZZLE NEXT WEEK”
Advertisement by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company for Vantage cigarettes
The Sporting News
December 4, 1989
Curated by Alan Blum, MD
Professor,
Department of Family Medicine
Gerald Leon Wallace, MD, Endowed Chair in Family Medicine
College of Community Health Sciences
Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
The University of Alabama
Designed by Kevin Bailey, MA
Collections Manager and Digital Archivist (2018-2022)
Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
The University of Alabama
Assisted by Mark Usry, MA
Intern, Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society;
Graduate student, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama
Contact
Alan Blum, M.D., Director
205-348-2886
ablum@ua.edu
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