Weekend, August 14-15, 2021 – REMEMBER WHEN LIGHTING UP WAS COMMONPLACE?

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COME TOUR THE OCTAGON WITH
JUDITH BERDY

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 17TH.
MEET AT BUILDING LOBBY AT 5 PM.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, SPACE IS LIMITED
E-MAIL: DANIELLESHUR@NYPL.ORG
THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE RIHS AND NYPL

AUGUST  14-15,  2021

OUR 442nd EDITION

THE BRANDS WE SMOKED!!!

(OR OUR PARENTS SMOKED)

Joe Camel was my favorite reason to visit Times Square.  I think he was replaced by a steam iron!

Virginia Slims sponsored women’s tennis matches

One of the long lasting Tareyton campaigns

Bad choice lady!

From what I heard all the Marlboro men died of lung diseases

Cigarette ads on billboards proliferated in all neighborhoods, especially targeting some areas.

Joe Camel was aimed at the teenage market

OKAY, he is Tom Sellek….mustache and all that hair!

HAVE A CANDY CIGARETTE, JUST CHOCOLATE OR BUBBLE GUM INSTEAD OF TOBACCO

WEEKEND PHOTO OF THE DAY
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FRIDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

THE GUASTAVINO CEILING IN THE FORMER FOOD EMPORIUM 
UNDER THE QUEENSBORO BRIDGE 

ED LITCHER, HARA REISER, CLARA BELLA, ANDY SPARBERG ALL GUESSED GUASTAVINO AND SINCE THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME, EVERYONE IS A WINNER TODAY!!

Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff

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Sources

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/663-death-of-little-germany-how-a-ship-sank-an-enclave

https://untappedcities.com/2021/01/28/little-germany-nyc/

http://www.yorkville-kleindeutschlandhistoricalsociety.com/history.html

https://20eastend.com/press/a-brief-history-of-yorkville-from-the-revolutionary-war-to-barack-obama

https://untappedcities.com/2021/01/28/little-germany-nyc/ https://urbanareas.net/info/resources/neighborhoods-manhattan/yorkville-manhattanhistory/ https://www.6sqft.com/germantown-uncovering-the-german-history-of-yorkville/

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