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| Black and white 5 3/4" x 4 3/4" newspaper ad for the Health Values of Camel Cigarettes. The ad has a photo of Wild Animal Collector Frank Buck and his group riding a herd of elephants into the jungle of Malaysia and another, close-up photo, of a young lady smoking a cigarette. The ad headline warns you "For Digestion's Sake - smoke Camels". There are two small holes in the bottom of the ad. |
March 10, 1936 Grand Rapids Herald |
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| Black and white 11 1/2" x 9 1/4" newspaper ad for this cigarette back when they used to claim cigarettes were "good" for your health. The ad has several photos of people at work and play in the world of the 1930's. The ad headline claims that "Modern Life is a strain on Digestion. For Digestion's Sake - smoke Camels". This ad is wider than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
March 12, 1936 Grand Rapids Herald |
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| Black and white 9 1/2" x 12" newspaper ad saying that "High-Speed living taxes digestion - For digestion's sake - Smoke Camels". There is a small tear in one of the folds. | March 24, 1936 Grand Rapids Herald |
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| Ad with multiple pictures of John I. Wagner, a test pilot, testing a new Vultee plane. | May 22, 1939 Life magazine |
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| Camels & Prince Albert Seasons Greeting. Ad shows gift boxes. Some soiling on white border areas of ad | December 16, 1940 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad that shows a photo of Test Pilot Bill Ward. The ad also shows several photos of the XSB2C-1 Dive Bomber which is called "the Navy's new dive-bombing sensation". This ad was a back cover and has a little grime worn in. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 27, 1941 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 12" ad that reminds you that "You want Steady Nerves to launch a 'tin-fish' or make one!". The ad features a drawing of a submarine launching a torpedo and shows photos of a sailor and another of a lady who calibrates gyroscopes on torpedos. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 5, 1942 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 12 1/4" ad that has a headline "When the Garands give". The ad shows soldiers undergoing "commando-type" training. |
November 16, 1942 Life magazine |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad with a wartime theme. The ad has several photos of Marines training and using amphibious Alligators to traverse water, sand and jungle. The ad calls them "Alligators with a bite of steel!". This ad was a back cover of this magazine and has a portion of the address stamp in the bottom right corner. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 17, 1943 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad shows several photos of Uncle Sam's 'Iron Ponies'". There are two shots of soldiers in action on their motorcycles and one of two soldiers sitting on their parked bikes and sharing Camels. Small 1 1/4" x 1/4" water stain on lower right corner. |
January 17, 1944 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 12 1/2" ad has a drawing entitled "Home on Furlough!" The drawing shows a young soldier with his forefinger to his lips as his mother talks on the phone and tells whoever "Don't mail them, John - Bring the Camels - and hurry!" The ad contains the claim that Camels are "The favorite cigarette with men in the Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. (Based on actual sales records)" |
February 7, 1944 Life magazine |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" wartime ad for the cigarette that is First in the Service. The ad has a picture of a large group of Infantryman, standing at attention. There is a sample of the Expert Infantryman Badge which, according to the ad, is presented to the soldiers typified by Johnny Doughboy. The ad headline over the picture of soldiers claims that "They've got what it takes!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. There is a little bit of dirt and faint fingerprints along the white of this ad. |
July 24, 1944 Life magazine |
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| Full color 9 1/4" x 12" wartime ad for the cigarettes that were called First in the Service. The ad contains a strip entitled "Danger..Aunt Nellie's Upstairs" that is about the exploits of Captain Charles Sharkey who has accumulated 1900 hours flying unarmed planes from China to India. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 30, 1944 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad that shows Donna Atwood - the lovely young skating star of the 1945 "Ice Capades. The ad shows two photos of her in action and one sitting after the show with several soldiers. |
March 19, 1945 Life magazine |
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| "Flashes from Burma Road" | April 28, 1945 Collier's | 1 |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad reminds us that "Experience is the best teacher!". A photo shows a jammed tobacco store counter where "millions" buy Camel. Again there is the claim that "More Doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette". |
March 17, 1947 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad that has a picture of Ace Midget-Auto Racer Walter Ader. He is shown sittint in one of his race cars and is credited with saying "It's true in racing...in cigarettes too! I learned from experience that Camels suit me best".
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August 4, 1947 Life magazine |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad with a large picture of Santa Claus wishing a "Merry Christmas for every smoker". The ad shows this colorful, ruddy-cheeked Santa behind a Christmas decorated carton of Camel Cigarettes. At the bottom of the ad is a Christmas box that holds a one-pound tin of Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. This seasonal ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
December 20, 1948 Life magazine |
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| Full color 10" x 13" ad features Gladys Swarthout and Virginia MacWatters of opera fame. The ad shows them sitting in their dressing room and talking about the mildness of Camel cigarettes. |
March 1949 Woman's Home Companion |
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| "Give Dad a present he's sure to enjoy-a carton of mild flavorful Camels" | June 13, 1949 Life magazine |
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| Full color 7" x 10 1/2" ad with actor Dick Powell. The ad has a picture of a party where this star of stage and screen has wandered out to a balcony for a breath of fresh air and a Camel. The ad claims that, at this time, they were "starting their 19th year of friendship". This ad claims that "for Mildness - for Flavor Camels agree with more people than any other cigarette". |
April 1954 Woman's Day |
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| Full color 9 3/4" x 12" ad has a drawing of a couple who are just walking away from a hot-air balloon that has landed. The man is identified as Russell Youngblood of the Balloon Club of America. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
November 1, 1963 Life magazine |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their Turkish & Domestic Blend Cigarettes. The ad has a picture of a man with red hair sitting with his elbow on a piano keyboard and holding a lit Camel cigarette. He is surrounded by other musical instruments, lights and microphones with the caption describing it as "Good rehearsal. You've Ten Minutes off. It's Camel Time right now". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
November 28, 1964 Saturday Evening Post |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad has a photo that shows a male hand offering a Camel Filter Cigarette to another male hand that is holding a now-empty pack of Camel Regular Cigarettes. The ad has the first hand saying to the second "O.K. Charlie, now will you try these filters? They're Camels!" and getting the response of "Thanks, but I've always smoked 'em straight. I'll get another pack." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 16, 1967 Life magazine |
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| Full color 9 1/4" x 12" ad has two photos of cigarette smokers. The left photo shows several rich, snooty people dressed in their horse-riding clothes and the text talks about Mojor Hocum smoking a cigarette with his family crest on it. It states that "everybody will be smoking cigarettes stamped with their own family crest". The picture on the right shows a handsome man sitting on a split rail fence smoking a cigarette with no family crest on it. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
December 15, 1968 Life magazine |
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| Full color 7 3/4" x 11" ad shows a man sitting back with his feet up, hole in one shoe, as he rests in front of a Taj Mahal type building. The normal quote, "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" is at the top of the ad. |
June 1969 Playboy |
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| Full color 7 1/4" x 10 3/4" ad that features photos of two different types of men. The first is a group of men on Muscle Beach that are flexing in their unusual swimwear while showing off their puffing strength and the second photo shows a a cool young man with his jacket over his shoulder as he leans against a post at the boatdock. Which photo reflects the Camel smoker? |
July 1972 Playboy |
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| Full color 7 1/2" x 10 3/4" ad shows a close up of a pool table that has a crumpled up pack of Camel cigarettes sitting on the side rail. The ad headline explains that "Today, a man needs a good reason to walk a mile. Start walking". |
July 1972 Playboy |
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| Full color 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad has a photo of a lake scene where a fishing rod, that seems to have a bite, is secured between two rocks with an empty, wadded up pack of Camel cigarettes lying next to it. The ad headline says "Today, a man needs a good reason to walk a mile. Start walking." |
September 1973 Playboy |
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| Full color 7 3/4" x 10 1/2" ad for their Filter Cigarettes. The ad has a photo of a dark-haired man with a mustache wearing a wet suit and looking at some items while an old man with a white beard and a lady in a yellow bikini await his opinion. They are on a ship and there is a yellow mini-sub on a hoist in the background. The ad headline calls the cigarette, and the man, "One of a kind". |
May 1977 Playboy |
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| Full color 7 3/4" x 10 1/2" ad for their Filter Cigarettes. The ad has a picture of a dark man wearing no shirt and a pair of jeans squatting on the beach next to a blonde in green shorts and a green tank top who is smiling as she looks into his ear and watches the sunset on the other side of him. The ad headline describes the man, and his cigarette, as being "One of a kind". |
May 1978 Playboy |
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| Full color 15 1/2" x 10 3/4" Two-Page ad for their New Camel Lights. The ad has a large picture of a male hand holding up an unlit Camel Light cigarette so that the Camel insignia is shining with a gold sparkle. The ad headline claims they are "Introducing the Solution. New Camel Lights" and the ad discusses how this is a low-tar cigarette with good taste. |
May 1978 Playboy |
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| Full color 7 1/2" x 10 3/4" ad show a rustic cabin with a rugged young man leaning against a roof post smoking a cigarette while an attractive blonde looks at him as though he was going to reveal the winning lottery numbers. The ad headline calls the man and the cigarette "One of a kind". |
February 1979 Penthouse |
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| Full color 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad that shows a close-up of a cigarette being pulled from a pack and the camel insignia has a sparkle to it. The ad headline tells you to "Try the solution. Camel Lights. |
February 1979 Penthouse |
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| Full color 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad that shows a large hand holding up a package of Camel Lights that seem to sparkle. The ad headline asks you to "Try the solution. Camel Lights". |
March 1979 Penthouse |
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| Full color 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" ad has a photo of three men sitting and laughing in a bar as their hands are filled with Camel cigarettes. The ad headline describes "Camel Taste. Nothing else comes close." |
October 1979 Playboy |
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| Full color 16" x 10 1/2" Two-Page ad for their Camel Lights. The ad has a picture of a seaplane that has landed on the surface of a very remote lake in some northern area. A man is carrying several items as he puffs on a Camel while splashing ashore. The ad headline says "Camel Where a man belongs". |
October 1981 Penthouse |
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| Full color 9" x 12 1/2" ad for Camel Lights has a photo of a man with curly hair piloting a reed sailboat on a still body of water. The ad text mentions "Camel Lights. Low tar. Camel taste." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
April 1984 Life magazine |
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| Full color 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" ad for their Light and Filter cigarettes. The ad has a picture of a man who has been climbing a mountain, He has reached a ledge and has stopped to loop his rope around his leg and is lighting a Camel. The ad asks you to "Experience the Camel taste in Lights and Filters. |
May 1984 Cycle World |
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| Full color 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" ad shows a man sitting on a rustic porch high over a river lighting his cigarette as the evening comes on. The ad headline states "Camel Lights. It's a whole new world". |
June 1985 Playboy |
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| Full color 9 3/4" x 11 3/4" ad that shows two tanned and fit men arm-wrestling at an outdoor table while another man watches as he smokes a cigarette. The ad headline invites you to "Share a new adventure". |
April 23, 1987 Rolling Stone |
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| Full color 9 1/4" x 11 1/4" ad has a drawing of Joe Camel in a pilot's jacket with a sexy blonde and flying jet planes behind him. The ad headline says simply that he is a "Smooth character". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 6, 1988 Rolling Stone |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 11 1/2" ad for Camel Filter Cigarettes. The ad has a picture of Joe Camel wearing racing coveralls with a pretty lady behind him standing in front of a racing road course filled with speeding cars. The ad headline calls him a "Smooth character". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 5, 1989 Rolling Stone |
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| Full color 9" x 11 1/2" ad for their Filter Cigarettes. The ad has a picture of a table at an old diner. Sitting on that table is a cup of coffee, one hand holding a lit Camel while another one burns in the ashtray and an open box of Camel cigarettes. All this is sitting in front of an old jukebox that has the word Camel across the top and it's choices os songs are all songs about the quality of Camel sung by made-up groups. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
September 5, 1991 Rolling Stone |
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