Name's Cat. I'm an L.A. gal who loves everything from classic movie queens to pinups to classic horror. My likes vary a lot. Having said that, I refuse to fit in a box or apologize for being me.

An international beauty queen models the latest swimwear. This piece includes circles on which to strike matches to light your cigarette. 1955 (Photo via Getty Images)

Vanity Fair Pastel Pink Cigarettes ad c. 1950s

Vintage Valentine

Tigra Cigarettes ad, illustration by Al Moore 1950’s

collective-history:

Burning Cigarette Dispenser ca. 1931 (Retronaut) 

Parliament Cigarette ad, 1956

Regents Cigarettes ad, 1948

Tigra Cigarettes ad, illustration by Al Moore 1950’s

Robert L. Stern, smoking a cigarette from his self-designed “lovers holder” cigarette holder.   March 1954 Photo by Yale Joel

1950’s Old Gold Cigarette ad

billyjane:

Tobacco is a dirty weed.  I like it.
It satisfies no normal need.  I like it.
It makes you thin, it makes you lean,
It takes the hair right off your bean
It’s the worst darn stuff I’ve ever seen.
I like it.

Graham Lee Hemminger, Tobacco

photo from LIFE