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Promotional novelty hand fan (Sinatra): "A fan for my fans" Frank Sinatra; Lucky Strike cigarettes promotion for radio show, "Your Hit Parade." American Tobacco Co., 1943.
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Promotional novelty (Sinatra): "A fan for my fans" Frank Sinatra; Lucky Strike cigarettes promotion for radio show, "Your Hit Parade." Copyright American Tobacco Co., 1943.
An advertising item promoting their sponsored radio program that starred Frank Sinatra. His first tenure on this popular show was from 1943 to 1944.
Cardboard hand fan, 13-1/4" high x 7-3/8" wide, color printed both sides as a tobacco leaf plus text, Sinatra photo & Lucky Strike product image; die-cut in the shape of a tobacco leaf. Three examples (only copy 1 imaged.) Copies 2 and 3 have album mounting remains on one side, one good side on each allowing for one full fan.)
Text on side 1:
Lucky Strike
Presents
"Your Hit Parade"
Starring [B+W photo of Frank Sinatra] Frank Sinatra
America's Singing Sensation
Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco
So round, so firm so fully packed...
so free and easy on the draw
[depiction of Lucky Strike cigarette pack in wartime packaging of white background rather than pre-war green]
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Text on side 2:
"A fan for my fans"
Frank Sinatra
[beneath the above text is very small type] Copyright 1943 The American Tobacco Company
L.S./M.F.T.
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Also on side 2 of copy 1 is holographic ink listing of nine numbered song titles that were apparently written by a listener. See detail image.
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Note: L.S./M.F.T. = Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco
2015.030.0052
2015.030
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Museum Collections.
1943 - 1944
Date(s) Created: 1943 Date(s): 1943-1944
Good
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2015-06-05