Emmett McBain Afro-American Advertising Poster Collection
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- Creators:
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McBain, Emmett
- Dates:
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1971 - 1976
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0192
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains examples of advertisements done by McBain for McDonald, Malboro, and a Chicago Arts Festival entitled "Black Folk Us." The nine posters in the collection date from 1971 to 1976.
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Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Zinn, Manfredo
Marx, Dick
Nunez, Raul
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1926-1988
- Size:
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17.4 Cubic feet (86 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0198
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project is the result of a two-year effort supported in part by a gift from Philip Morris, Inc. Sixty oral history interviews and a variety of television commercials, print advertising, promotional materials, packaging, and industry publications were gathered to document Marlboro cigarette advertising. T...
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Brown and Williamson.
Johnson, Virgil
American Tobacco Company.
Benson and Hedges.
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circa 1890-1997
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25 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0645
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
As a teenager, Virgil Johnson [b.1918] became interested in the designs and symbols on cigarette packs like "Black Cat" and "White Roll", and he began actively collecting in the 1930s. His interest intensified during the 1940s when he was stationed in North Africa and across the Mediterranean region as a photographer with the U.S. Navy. Mr. Johnson collected cigarette packs for over fifty years, and was a member of the Cigarette Pack Collector's Association. Approximately 6000 cigarette packages, foreign and American, arranged in 24 albums. Manufacturers include names such as those shown below.
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- Dates:
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2011-03-23
- Level:
- item
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1 Digital file (AC1224-0000092)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Dates:
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1955-1959
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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1964-1979
1970 - 1979
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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1957-2002
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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1968-1972
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Dates:
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1967-1972
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Level:
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0198
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
