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Earhart Endorsement
![A newspaper advertisement prepared by the Foote, Cone and Belding agency for the American Tobacco Co. The ad features a product endorsement for Lucky Strike cigarettes by Amelia Earhart, America's premier woman aviator. On June 17, 1928 (shortly before this ad appeared in print) Earhart completed the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman. "Lucky Strikes were the cigarette carried on the 'Friendship' when she [the 'Friendship'] crossed the Atlantic. They were smoked continuously from Trepassey [Newfoundland] to Wales. I think nothing else helped so much to lessen the strain for all of us." Earhart became a celebrity after the flight, even though she had been a passenger, not the pilot. In 1932 she completed the first solo Atlantic flight by a woman. In 1937 Earhart and her navigator disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt at an around-the-world flight.
This advertisement is from the collection of Foote, Cone and Belding, one of many advertising collections available for research at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003070019/0307000331-l.jpg "Earhart Endorsement")
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| A newspaper advertisement prepared by the Foote, Cone and Belding agency for the American Tobacco Co. The ad features a product endorsement for Lucky Strike cigarettes by Amelia Earhart, America's premier woman aviator. On June 17, 1928 (shortly before this ad appeared in print) Earhart completed the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman. "Lucky Strikes were the cigarette carried on the 'Friendship' when she [the 'Friendship'] crossed the Atlantic. They were smoked continuously from Trepassey [Newfoundland] to Wales. I think nothing else helped so much to lessen the strain for all of us." Earhart became a celebrity after the flight, even though she had been a passenger, not the pilot. In 1932 she completed the first solo Atlantic flight by a woman. In 1937 Earhart and her navigator disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt at an around-the-world flight. This advertisement is from the collection of Foote, Cone and Belding, one of many advertising collections available for research at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. |
| Image ID: | 11754 |
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| Creation Date: | 1928 |
| Creator Name: | American Tobacco Company |
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| Collection Name: | Foote, Cone & Belding records, 1906-1996 |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | Mss 880 - American Tobacco File |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 17 inches |
| Clothing and dress |
| Personal protective equipment |
| Advertising |
| Cigarettes |
| Women |
| Air pilots |
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