Followed

This 1930 ad campaign for Lucky Strike cigarettes featured people being followed by shadowy, fat versions of themselves. Could be the premise for a horror movie (like a mash-up of Us and It Follows).

Source: tobacco.stanford.edu

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 29, 2019
Category: Advertising | Smoking and Tobacco | 1930s

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Grandma Bragg used to smoke Old Gold cigarettes. I remember the adverts for those vividly because of the slogan, "Not A Cough In A Carload." A lot of major league ballplayers appeared on those ads - DiMaggio, Ruth, and others.

Posted by KDP on 04/29/19 at 10:04 PM

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