[Men leaning on a cigarette display]

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Photograph of two men standing on either side of a display for Fatima Cigarettes. The man on the left is wearing a light colored, double breasted suit with a striped tie and has one hand resting behind the display and the other behind his back. The man on the right is wearing a white button up shirt with a pattern tie and has one hand resting behind the display and the on his hip.The display is made up of boxes of Fatima cigarettes that are stacked on top of a shelf with a price tag that reads "$1.89" in front … continued below

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) April 10, 1951.

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  • NBC5/KXAS-TV

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Photograph of two men standing on either side of a display for Fatima Cigarettes. The man on the left is wearing a light colored, double breasted suit with a striped tie and has one hand resting behind the display and the other behind his back. The man on the right is wearing a white button up shirt with a pattern tie and has one hand resting behind the display and the on his hip.The display is made up of boxes of Fatima cigarettes that are stacked on top of a shelf with a price tag that reads "$1.89" in front of the boxes. On top of these stack is a sign that reads "Buy Extra Mild Fatima the Quality Long Cigarette Take Home a Carton!" and next to this text is an illustration of a carton of cigarettes. The shelf that the display is sitting on has a poster on it for the crime procedural show Dragnet which includes the time the show airs and the shows sponsorship by Fatima Cigarettes. Behind the man on the left are more shelves of tobacco products, including La Zenda and Phillies brand cigars. Behind the man on the right are shelves of various kinds of nuts. In the background of the image are three banners that read "We give S&H Green Stamps". A man's head is visible on the right edge of the image and he is wearing a hat.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Original sleeve: Fatima 4-10-51; 51-1-208-209-210-211; 51-1-211

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS Photograph Collection (AR0847), University of North Texas Special Collections

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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection

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  • April 10, 1951

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  • Oct. 18, 2019, 10:19 p.m.

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  • Oct. 21, 2019, 11:56 a.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [Men leaning on a cigarette display], photograph, April 10, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1554405/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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