Cigarettes, Dwight Eisenhower, 1950s
date: label: date made
content: 1956
notes: label: Description
content: 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.”
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content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
label: Exhibition
content: American Presidency
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1956.X7
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1956.X7
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cigarette Pack
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm