Basil Rathbone Chesterfield Cigarettes Ad 1946

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Basil Rathbone Chesterfield Cigarettes Ad from October 14, 1946 Life magazine.

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Basil Rathbone Chesterfield Cigarettes Ad 1946Full color 9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ ad for Chesterfield cigarettes. This ad, which also mentions his new Sherlock Holmes movie Dressed to Kill has a picture of him lighting a Chesterfield with a match with the caption “Yes! it’s Elementary”. In a tribute to the detective there are two magnifying glasses with a red lens and the letters “ABC” inside. As usual the ad gives several versions of what the letters stand for, in one it says “A Always Milder, B Better Tasting, C Cooler Smoking” and in the other it says Always Buy Chesterfield” as it claims they have the “Right combination of the World’s Best Tobaccos Properly Aged.

Source:  October 14, 1946 Life magazine.