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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Yes, that’s a gas mask ...
Yes, that’s a gas mask ...
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Yes, more gas masks ...
Yes, more gas masks ...
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Boston Blackie smoked Union Leader.
Boston Blackie smoked Union Leader.
I would not have recognized Chester Morris if the ad had not given his name. I know he was famous for playing the lead in the Boston Blackie movie series, but that's about all I know.
He played Blackie on radio also. He had a successful career on Broadway both before, during, and after his film career.
Hey! Him I know!
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
One brand has been conspicuously missing from the coffee table up to now. I don’t really know why. Perhaps it was my selection of sources. Perhaps it was the price. This brand never sold itself on price. It certainly was at every tobacco and news stand back in the day. Its pedigree goes back before 1910 with several of the other big classics. As smoking blends go, it’s an institution, familiar in every family’s history. Everyone knows, knew or grew up around someone who smoked this. The familiar big red pocket tin. Two full ounces of “joy”.
But whatever the reason, what was America’s favorite pipe tobacco now finally makes its debut on the coffee table. And never looks back. Going forward, this brand graces more print media — and their expensive full-page Christmas edition back covers — than any other pipe blend on the coffee table. Rightfully so. It was an excellent all-day smoke, even if it did sometimes cost a little more than some others.
Originally one of the ‘big two’ of tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds (the other being Camel cigarettes), this legendary brand is today in unprecedented transition. Its current owner, Altria, recently discontinued production, pending a rumored sale to STG. Dedicated pipers hold hope, and horde remaining stocks.
Say hello to what was America’s Favorite Smoking Tobacco, the “National Joy Smoke”, Prince Albert.
One brand has been conspicuously missing from the coffee table up to now. I don’t really know why. Perhaps it was my selection of sources. Perhaps it was the price. This brand never sold itself on price. It certainly was at every tobacco and news stand back in the day. Its pedigree goes back before 1910 with several of the other big classics. As smoking blends go, it’s an institution, familiar in every family’s history. Everyone knows, knew or grew up around someone who smoked this. The familiar big red pocket tin. Two full ounces of “joy”.
But whatever the reason, what was America’s favorite pipe tobacco now finally makes its debut on the coffee table. And never looks back. Going forward, this brand graces more print media — and their expensive full-page Christmas edition back covers — than any other pipe blend on the coffee table. Rightfully so. It was an excellent all-day smoke, even if it did sometimes cost a little more than some others.
Originally one of the ‘big two’ of tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds (the other being Camel cigarettes), this legendary brand is today in unprecedented transition. Its current owner, Altria, recently discontinued production, pending a rumored sale to STG. Dedicated pipers hold hope, and horde remaining stocks.
Say hello to what was America’s Favorite Smoking Tobacco, the “National Joy Smoke”, Prince Albert.
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Just a programming note that your erstwhile guide has to go to hospital tomorrow. Nothing life-threatening, but I may not be getting any more posts in for a couple days (hopefully back sooner). Until then, happy puffs to you all.
Plenty of great stuff coming up when I get back home.
Plenty of great stuff coming up when I get back home.
Hope everything goes well and that you have a speedy recovery. I’ll add you to the prayer list.
Hopefully everything is ok. I don’t post often but just want you to know how much I appreciate this thread.
Thanks
Drew
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Drew
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Good luck to you, mon capitain.
All three of the guys in the Prince Albert ad are smoking straight pipes. There is something of an unapologetic, "Yeah, I smoke a pipe, what's it to you?" attitude to a straight. Maybe the art director composed the ad with the same idea in the back of his mind.
Beyond that, two of the men are dressed in a more casual-for-those-times, maybe working-class style, while the third is dressed like a young banker. No doubt the idea was that anybody could afford and appreciate Prince Albert, not just the well-to-do and not just the working class guys.
The fellow in the middle has a sort of Robert Vaughn vibe to him. Maybe it's the eyebrows, and the FDR-style grin.
Beyond that, two of the men are dressed in a more casual-for-those-times, maybe working-class style, while the third is dressed like a young banker. No doubt the idea was that anybody could afford and appreciate Prince Albert, not just the well-to-do and not just the working class guys.
The fellow in the middle has a sort of Robert Vaughn vibe to him. Maybe it's the eyebrows, and the FDR-style grin.
Good luck at the hospital, hope all goes well for you.
Prince Albert, the inspiration for every 10-year-old boy who found himself home alone with the telephone. The Phone Prank owes a lot to PA.
Prince Albert, the inspiration for every 10-year-old boy who found himself home alone with the telephone. The Phone Prank owes a lot to PA.
Will be thinking of you
Hope all go's well and we look forward to more of your post's in the codger cabin.
