Chesterfield cigarette advertisement starring Bob Hope – Vintage Print
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Chesterfield cigarette advertisement starring Bob Hope comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Chesterfield cigarette advertisement starring Bob Hope
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Bob Hope's name sits at the center of this Chesterfield advertisement, which puts a major comedy star to work selling cigarettes in the years when tobacco ads were everywhere in American magazines and on radio. Hope became one of the most recognizable entertainers of the mid-twentieth century through films, radio and television, so a celebrity endorsement like this one carried real pull with audiences. Worth noticing is how openly such ads traded on personality and glamour, long before the health risks of smoking were widely accepted and before tobacco advertising was restricted.
| Original scan | 581 × 800 px |
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| Reference | 1494 |
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