Talk about getting them while they’re young. W.T. Blackwell created a comic book for kids that showed all sorts of fun being had while smoking their Durham Tobacco. They even covered the pages with decorative clouds of smoke and illustrated classic children’s rhymes with the main characters smoking! Little Jack Horner is over in his corner…smoking. Little Boy Blue? He blew his horn, then sat down for a smoke. I’d like to see a tobacco company try that today- ha!
Look inside the post to see the Little Jack Horner smoking tobacco in the corner…
Images via the Digital Collection at Duke University. See the original source here.
Boy, we have come a long way haven’t we and I am grateful for that. While there was much greatness in those simpler times, some of the beer/tobacco ads geared towards kids is appalling knowing what we know now.