Cigarettes, Dwight Eisenhower, 1950s
name: label: associated person
content: Eisenhower, Dwight D.
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.”
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
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.X07
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1956.X07
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cigarette Package
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, red, blue, gray (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm x 1.905 cm