Tag Archives: cigarettes

Cigarettes and Chop Suey

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Reverend

Over at WFMU’s Beware of the Blog, Kliph Nesteroff linked to a cartoon he found at Cartoon Brew (a new gem in the reader) titled “In the Nicotine” from 1961 which is about a man who is checked into a … Continue reading →

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Without Cigarettes There Would Be No Baseball Cards

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Reverend

Well, I’m not actually sure this blog title is entirely true, and that’s why I can freely publish it here. I found this 1887 baseball card on Shorpy’s Photo blog. It features the likeness of Chicago White Stockings first baseman … Continue reading →

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Vintage Photos and the Politics of Smoking

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Reverend

I just posted an image from the ever-magical Shorpy’s Photo Blog, and when I returned to my RSS reader to continue browsing the images I stumbled on another moving photo titled “A Big Kiss for Grandpa” featuring a cool-looking, supine … Continue reading →

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