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Skywriting Advertisement for Cigarettes
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Advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes that shows the product name being written as a smoke trail above New York City. The campaign was devised for the Skywriting Corporation of America by Harry Bruno whose public relations papers are part of the mass communications collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
1923
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1923 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Extent | 1 photograph |
| Dimensions | 26 x 35 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Harry A. Bruno papers, 1919-1969 |
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| Call Number | U.S. Mss 53AF |
| Catalog Record | https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999465401802121 |
| Finding Aid | https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0053af |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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