Cigarettes, Dwight Eisenhower, 1950s
Cigarettes, Dwight Eisenhower, 1950s
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- Description
- Republican Dwight Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson first ran against each other for president in 1952. That year the Tobacco Blending Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky produced cigarettes for both parties, the first time cigarettes were marketed as campaign items. Because the cigarettes promoting eventual winner Eisenhower outsold those featuring his opponent, a company spokesman observed that “the number of packs we sold was a better indication of how the election would turn out than the polls.”
- Object Name
- Cigarette Package
- associated person
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- white, red, blue, gray (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1956.X07
- catalog number
- 227739.1956.X07
- accession number
- 227739
- Credit Line
- The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
- subject
- Political Campaigns
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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