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- Description:
- Color lithograph, "The First Smoke," showing a young boy sitting on a small barrel and leaning against a larger barrel with one hand on his head, one hand on his stomach, and his eyes rolling back. Small text underneath the image reads "Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1870, by Currier & Ives in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Printed text below reads "The First Smoke. / All Wrong." Text at bottom reads "Published by Currier & Ives 152 Nassau St. New York."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Green booklet with white border, with black text and an image of a white lit cigarette. Front cover reads "The Case Against the Little White Slaver Volumes 1 and 2 Compliments of Henry Ford Detroit-Mich". The back also has an image of a white cigarette. It contains letter from Thomas Edison about the dangers posed to young boys of smoking cigarettes, as well as defenses of smoking from tobacco companies, and refutations of those defenses. It warns readers of the medical and psychological consequences of smoking including unemployment and criminal behavior.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Color lithograph, "The First Smoke," showing a young boy sitting on a small barrel and leaning against a larger barrel with one hand on his head, one hand on his stomach, and his eyes rolling back. Small text underneath the image reads "Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1870, by Currier & Ives in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Printed text below reads "The First Smoke. / All Wrong." Text at bottom reads "Published by Currier & Ives 152 Nassau St. New York."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Green booklet with white border, with black text and an image of a white lit cigarette. Front cover reads "The Case Against the Little White Slaver Volumes 1 and 2 Compliments of Henry Ford Detroit-Mich". The back also has an image of a white cigarette. It contains letter from Thomas Edison about the dangers posed to young boys of smoking cigarettes, as well as defenses of smoking from tobacco companies, and refutations of those defenses. It warns readers of the medical and psychological consequences of smoking including unemployment and criminal behavior.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
